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Ridicule of new Celtic affairs post angers proponent

Former member of committee that recommended a Celtic affairs minister applauds Gallant government
By Vanessa Blanch, CBC News Posted: Jun 09, 2016 12:20 PM AT Last Updated: Jun 09, 2016 12:20 PM AT 

Lisa Harris is the province's first Celtic Affairs minister.
Lisa Harris is the province's first Celtic Affairs minister. (Lisa Harris/Twitter)

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Danny Taylor of New Maryland was thrilled when Premier Brian Gallant announced this week that a Celtic affairs minister was being added to his cabinet and Taylor fully expected the news would be met with celebration rather than ridicule.

"I'm really disappointed and angry and so are many people," Taylor told Information Morning Fredericton.
"How this has taken a turn from something that should have been very positive in this province and turned it into a language issue and even a political battle ... it's really shameful."
Some have called it an attempt by Gallant to pander to cultural groups.
Taylor was part of a Celtic affairs committee formed in 2010 when the province's Irish Canadian Cultural Association, Scottish Cultural Association and Welsh Association all got together to commission a study which recommended a Celtic affairs branch be established.

"It was something that has been talked about for years and years and years and finally the three groups came together and started talking about what needed to be done in order to have that branch developed in government."

Celtic culture neglected
Taylor says 40 per cent of New Brunswickers have a Celtic background and the heritage and culture of his people is being lost.

"You hear about many other cultures constantly but never do you hear about the Celts in this province and the contributions they have made over the years." - Danny Taylor
 
He and his fellow committee members hoped the added attention would mean more funding for research and festivals, but he says it's not just about money.

"Money always comes into play but it's not necessarily about money — it's about bringing attention and the awareness of the culture here in the province," Taylor said.

"You hear about many other cultures constantly but never do you hear about the Celts in this province and the contributions they have made over the years."

Premier Brian Gallant said on Monday the new position will allow "a co-ordinated approach" to funding Irish, Scottish and Welsh festivals.

Celtic people separate
Taylor argues the perception that people with Celtic heritage can be included with the English people of New Brunswick is incorrect and shows the need for more cultural education.

"We shouldn't be lumped into that group. We're totally separate. Our heritage, our culture, our language is totally different and that's not fair … it would be the same as taking First Nations who predominantly speak English and lumping them in with the English — that's not right."

Celtic Affairs - Danny Taylor
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Taylor rejects the perception Gallant appointed a Celtic affairs minister as a way to appease anglophones in New Brunswick and is instead applauding the premier.

"Unfortunately it's got lost in this political battle for language … this has been in the works long before language has been an issue in this province and finally a government has had the backbone to finally do something."

with files from Information Morning Fredericton

 
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Errol Willis Errol Willis
I'll never understand as long as I live why a government feels it is there job to keep an ethnic group's heritage and culture alive on the taxpayer's money. I'm a first generation Canadian whose parents are from the UK, and I see no need, in these dire times (as we are constantly reminded by Gallant) to fund a full time position in hopes of having a festival or two during our short summers.

Culture is learned through family, not festivals. That goes for French, English, Celts, indigenous people - whatever.

I do agree with the idea that this is pandering, plain and simple. How could anyone believe it isn't?
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Errol Willis RolandGodin
@Errol Willis
That will also include the queen`s ethnic heritage group which have had privilege funding for centuries and that is one of the major cause of the public debt...eh.
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David Amos
@Errol Willis I Trust that a snobby Brit would never understand why I am suing his Queen let alone understand why I am greatly offended by your Heritage Minister who is just another snotty French Librano lawyer from Quebec who is having her minions block my comments while I am defending my Scottish Heritage within a very corrupt Crown Corporation's website that has maliciously ignored its mandate with regards to my political actions for 14 years N'esy Pas Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ??? However your lawyers can bet dimes to dollars with the Queen's face on them that I save the digital proof that this comment once existed EH?
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FreddyBeacher FreddyBeacher
Anyone who is mocking having a Minister of Celtic Affairs should be equally mocking having a Minister for La Francophonie.
http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios/58/bio-e.asp?IDNo=368&version=e&legisNO=58

They are equivalent.
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