David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks it wasn't wise for evil Liberals to tease me about Franky Boy McKenna honouring Acadians within the same article Mr Higgs was getting his nasty Conservative arse fried N'esy Pas?
Hôtesses
d'Hilaire lead singer Serge Brideau amended song lyrics during a
National Acadian Day performance in Dieppe to call out Premier Blaine
Higgs for being unilingual. (Radio-Canada)
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David R.
Amos Welcome to the Circus
David R.
Amos
Reply to @David R.
Amos: Methinks at lot of Anglos who hate my beard and my Chiac must have
read Serge Brideau's shirt by now N'esy Pas?
Marguerite
Deschamps
Reply to @David R. Amos: he could pass as your twin.
Marc Martin Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: You mean that was not Davis on the stage ?
McKenzie King The
singer obviously understand the English that Premier Higgs spoke, so
what's the problem??? Language is simply a communications tool. We
need to start looking at ways that we are similar and stop celebrating
ways in which we are different.
David R. Amos
Reply to @McKenzie King: Vive la différence
Claude DeRoche Content disabled It was already gone before I could save it
David R. Amos
Reply to @Claude DeRoche: Methinks you should say hey to your beloved SANB puppet our former liberal Premier N'esy Pas?
Marguerite
Deschamps Content disabled It was already gone before I could save it
David R. Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Did you see there?
Marguerite
Deschamps Reply to @David R. Amos: I thought I saw you at the raising of the Acadian flag in Riverside-Albert.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Marguerite
Deschamps: Methinks the photo offered in this article attests to the
fact that some old Maritimers look a lot alike but I bet you are one of
the ones bald ones who are as common as mud and jealous of our hair
N'esy Pas?
Honouring Acadians in Riverside-Albert small gesture, but 'profound statement'
A plaque dedicated to the first Acadian settlers in the area was unveiled at a ceremony Friday
CBC News ·
A
committee has worked for the past three years on a monument to honour
the Acadian families who were the first European settlers in the
Riverside-Albert area. (CBC)
The
village of Riverside-Albert is mostly anglophone, so its Acadian
origins might come as a bit of a surprise to most New Brunswickers.
In
fact, news that the first European settler in the region was a French
farmer named Pierre Thibodeau came as a surprise even to residents of
the village itself.
"I was not aware of the French connection to Riverside-Albert. I was born here!" said John McCarron.
John McCarron was born in Riverside-Albert. (CBC)
Even
New Brunswick's former premier admitted that until a year or two ago,
he didn't know the area was once a thriving Acadian community.
"As
the premier of the province, I'd like to think I was fairly in touch
with the history of our province and I had no idea," said Frank McKenna,
who was a special guest at a ceremony Friday to unveil a monument
dedicated to Acadian families who settled in the area.
By
1755 — just before the Great Deportation — the settlement known as
Chipoudie, on the banks of the Bay of Fundy, was made up of
425 Acadians, all descendants of Pierre Thibodeau.
A group from the United States, all descendants of Pierre Thibodeau, travelled to Riverside-Albert for the ceremony. (CBC)
After
the deportation, many Acadians from the area ended up in the United
States. One of their descendants, Don Thibodeaux, now lives in Baton
Rouge, La.
"Our families got deported, so when we come here, we are their lost cousins, are we are home," said Thibodeaux.
"It's quite emotional."
Don Thibodeaux, from Baton Rouge, La., said he is proud of his heritage. (CBC)
He
believes there are 4,000 Thibodeaus in the U.S., all descendants of the
man who crossed the Atlantic in search of land for a farm.
He travelled to New Brunswick for the World Acadian Congress with a group of people who share his last name.
"That man brought us all together, we previously did not know each other — from Louisiana, Massachussets, California, Maine."
'Profound statement'
The plaque honouring the Acadian families may be a small gesture, but placing it in Riverside-Albert is significant.
"It represents such a profound statement about our province," said McKenna.
"Raising
the Acadian flag in a totally anglophone village, it's a big step
forward," said Riverside-Albert Mayor Jim Campbell, who was part of a
committee that has worked on the monument for the past three years.
Former premier Frank McKenna said having a monument for Acadians in a place like Riverside-Albert is significant. (CBC)
For
many Acadians who came to the ceremony from across New Brunswick and
beyond, having it in a place like Riverside-Albert was touching.
"A reminder that we have courage, perseverance and reconciliation with the English," said Louise Comeau Pooler.
"This is one of a kind," said McCarron.
"I would like to learn more about the people who were here before the Irish, before the Scottish and so on."
New agreement between Sea Dogs and TD Bank means new name for Harbour Station
Renaming is part of a five-year sponsorship agreement announced in Saint John Wednesday
CBC News ·
Frank
McKenna, deputy chair of TD Bank Group, and Sea Dogs owner and CEO
Scott McCain faced off in a community ball hockey match with local youth
at the announcement. (Dan Culberson/Saint John Sea Dogs)
A new
five-year sponsorship agreement between the Saint John Sea Dogs and TD
Bank Group means Harbour Station will be getting a new name.
The
announcement was made Wednesday at the start of the Sea Dogs training
camp, but the new name for the arena used by the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League team will be revealed at a later time.
Sea Dogs
president Trevor Georgie said the team's new partner has deep New
Brunswick ties, citing the number of people employed in the province and
noting former premier Frank McKenna is now the bank's deputy chair.
"They
are also a partner that I think can help us collaborate and find new
synergies with their sponsorship portfolios," said Georgie.
TD
is heavily invested in music and a number of different entertainment
properties and Georgie said that will benefit the team and the arena.
"I
think you're going to see a very engaged, very proud, and very involved
partner in TD Bank acting not just as naming rights partners of the
building and partners of the Sea Dogs but just as ambassadors to Saint
John and to our region."
McCain speaks at the announcement of a new sponsorship agreement with TD Bank Group. (Steven Webb/CBC)
The
details of the lease weren't released to the public but the team had
threatened to leave Harbour Station, which has annual deficits of
roughly $600,000 to $800,000. The city agreed to pay the team $100,000
over five years to stay.
But Georgie said TD Bank is as committed as much at the team is to the new partnership agreement.
"It's a great day for Saint John."
In a release, McKenna said TD Bank was proud of its growing presence in New Brunswick
"This
sponsorship represents an opportunity for TD to engage fans and the
community in space where they can connect, participate, and cheer on the
home team through signature events."
TD is the first naming rights sponsor in the building's 26-year history. Harbour Station opened in 1993.
George H.W. Bush speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Connecticut in 1992. (David Ake/AFP/Getty Images)
Former
New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says he will remember George
H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, as a great
gentleman.
Bush died Friday at the age of 94.
McKenna,
the deputy chair at TD Bank Group, remembers exchanging letters as Bush
sent him information on how to get the roses at his Cap-Pelé home to
grow better.
"We had this little pen-pal relationship going for about a year on how to grow better flowers."
McKenna said he will remember George H.W. Bush as great gentleman. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
After McKenna left politics, he hosted a networking event in Moncton in July 2002 and invited Bush to be the guest speaker.
Bush
was the chairman of The Carlyle Group, an American multinational
financial services corporation. McKenna was a board member.
"We played golf at Royal Oaks in advance. He loved the course so much he played it twice."
Considerate man
After
the rounds of golf were done, everyone headed to McKenna's home with
Bush and his security detail arriving about 10 minutes before everyone
else.
"My son was the only one there and he spent about 10
minutes talking to my son in just the most considerate way. It was just a
wonderful experience for my son."
McKenna said Bush was interested in where he lived because it was right on the ocean, as was Bush's summer home in Maine.
"He
was wandering around and looking at our flowers and asked us if we
needed help in getting our roses growing because the salt corrodes
them."
McKenna said Bush sent him information about it for
months afterwards. Barbara Bush began corresponding with McKenna's wife,
Julie, about it as well.
"It was just wonderful. They were so thoughtful and sent me a lovely note of thank you."
Fished at Larry's Gulch
McKenna
said while he had other encounters with Bush as well as his son, George
W. Bush, the 43rd president, he didn't return to New Brunswick for
another event with him.
But Bush did spend time with former
premier Bernard Lord and former prime minister Brian Mulroney at Larry's
Gulch, the government-owned fishing lodge on the Restigouche River,
weeks after McKenna's event.
George
H.W. Bush, right, and former prime minister Brian Mulroney, left, are
shown in 2002. Mulroney will speak at Bush's funeral. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)
Mulroney will be one of four people to deliver a eulogy at Bush's funeral.
While saddened to hear of Bush's death, McKenna said George W. Bush had been letting him know about his father's health.
"He
was supposed to be my guest in the summer but he demurred because he
wanted to spend more time with his dad. He told me his dad was failing
badly so we knew that was happening and it's sad.
"It's the loss
of a truly extraordinary human being and one that we will miss in our
region because he lived so close to us and knew us so well."
The former New Brunswick
premier and former Canadian ambassador to the United States speaks with
CBC reporter Kate Letterick about the current relationship between the
two countries in the wake of the new North American trade agreement.
Frank
McKenna, former New Brunswick premier and now deputy chair of the
Toronto-Dominion Bank, says he doubts Canadians will ever warm up to
U.S. President Donald Trump. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
Former
New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says the new free trade agreement
with the U.S. and Mexico was a victory for Canada, despite all the
disparaging comments U.S. President Donald Trump made leading up to it.
The
former New Brunswick premier, who was ambassador to the United
States in 2005 and 2006, said Trump alienated Canada for 14 months.
Despite
that, Canada did well, McKenna said, and the deal to replace NAFTA is
good for New Brunswick because it protects market access and a dispute
resolution process.
"We
retained the dispute resolution mechanism, which means that ultimately
we end up winning on softwood lumber, as we have historically, and that
dispute will get resolved."
He said the negotiations, along with Trump's personal attacks, created a sense of hostility and stress among Canadians.
Trump,
who did not name Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland by name,
told reporters he didn't like Canada's negotiator, Canada's negotiation
practices, or its stance on dairy tariffs and claimed he rejected a
meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"We're used to tough relations on issues from time to time but not personal attacks," McKenna said.
He
said the two countries have disagreed on issues in the past — including
Canada's decision not to join the war with Iraq — but that never
changed the way the two administrations did business.
"Our
relationship with the United States, I think, remains to be
fundamentally strong," he said. "We can't go anywhere. We're
neighbours."
Since
the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, was reached almost two
weeks ago, much of the criticism in Canada has focused on the greater
access it gives the U.S. to the Canadian dairy market.
But McKenna said the trade agreement is a victory for Canada because any concessions were small.
"We essentially have the same NAFTA intact and that good news for our commercial relationship," he said.
Information Morning - Moncton
Frank McKenna reflects on Canada-US relations
00:0007:16
The former New Brunswick
premier and former Canadian ambassador to the United States speaks with
CBC reporter Kate Letterick about the current relationship between the
two countries in the wake of the new North American trade agreement. 7:16
And although the relationship between Canada and the U.S. president is not good, the two countries are not at odds.
"Eventually,
the relationship with the rest of America will get back to normal," he
said. "With the president, I can't see Canadian warming up to him in the
near future."
- With files from Information Morning Moncton and Kate Letterick
McCain speaks at the announcement of a new sponsorship agreement with TD Bank Group. (Steven Webb/CBC)
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