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<div id="storyPlayerNav" class=""><div class="" id="637903"> <div style="font-size:11px"> <div><a style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold">Fredericton mayor wades back into language debate</a></div> <div style="float:left;margin-right:5px;margin-top:5px"> <a> <div id="637903playIcon" class="" style> </div> <img src="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.2427528.1434577386%21/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_150/image.jpg" height="62px" width="110px"> </a> </div> <div class="">Fredericton
Mayor Brad Woodside is once again stoking controversy with online
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Published Wednesday, June 17, 2015 8:06PM ADT
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Months after making controversial online comments about New Brunswick’s
school bussing and language duality policies, Fredericton’s mayor is
wading back into the fray.</p>
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In February, Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside tweeted language duality
should be on the table as the province looks for ways to save money.</p>
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The next day Woodside tweeted the premier had informed him language duality was not on the table, “end of story.”</p><div style="display:block" class="">
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<p class="">This tweet from Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside sparked controversy by criticizing the province's segregated school bus policy.</p>
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But last Friday Woodside took to Twitter again, saying he is convinced
segregated school buses for francophone and anglophone students is
“wrong” and “divisive.”</p>
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On Wednesday, after his tweet had garnered a strong and mixed reaction,
Woodside said he’s happy to use his profile as mayor to start a
dialogue.</p>
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“I'm doing it because I think it's a wrong that should be righted,” Woodside said.</p>
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“It doesn't favour any group. It favors both groups.”</p>
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School buses segregated by language has been a contentious issue in New
Brunswick, with the provincial government arguing that the charter’s
guarantee of a dual education system extends to the school bus system.</p>
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A judicial review, ordered by the province, is currently underway.</p>
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In the meantime, the provincial government has moved to stop the
transportation of 92 francophone and anglophone speaking students who
were travelling on the same bus.</p>
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Woodside’s comments come as language duality is about to be thrust back into the spotlight in Canada’s only bilingual province.</p>
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New Brunswick’s commissioner of official languages is expected to release her annual report Thursday.</p>
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Acknowledging the issue is an emotional one, Woodside said he’s not finished talking about it.</p>
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“If kids are good enough to play together, they're good enough to drive together to school on the same bus,” Woodside said.</p>
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“Just because there's a constitutional issue doesn't mean things can't be changed if you make the situation better,” he said.</p>
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The situation, though, is sensitive, says Brent Petersen.</p>
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He’s an anglophone, but his children attend a francophone school in Fredericton.</p>
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“Having four kids in the school system here I appreciate how much work
and effort it is for the French community to maintain their culture and
language in Fredericton,” Petersen said.</p><p><a href="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/fredericton-mayor-calls-for-debate-on-divisive-school-bus-policy-1.2427819">http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/fredericton-mayor-calls-for-debate-on-divisive-school-bus-policy-1.2427819</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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