Boundaries meeting draws 2,500 people

Jonathan Smith

- August 19, 2012 at 12:34:25

The issue in my view is not so much an Acadian issue as the issue of Yarmouth losing it's distinct provincial political voice. We are losing that voice at a time when we need it most. This is one more blow to the region in a rapidly lengthening list. Another growing list is the people leaving here ( if they can sell their houses ). The cost of living and the oppressive business climate combined with stagnant wages is making people realize the grass is far greener elsewhere. Yarmouth is coming to a point of no return. Even if we got the ferry back, there is very little here to keep the tourists in town because our tourism industry has been severely damaged. I for one am feeling a huge disconnect between our region and the provincial government. Yarmouth is becoming a place where people wait to die. After the elderly populace passes on and lobstering goes under, what then? The Dexter government knows that this region is a nightmare, so their solution is to weaken representation so our voice fades away. It makes my blood boil, and it all makes me wonder why my wife and I continue to remain here at all.

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The Cowboy

- August 18, 2012 at 11:43:08

I have read comments like Julie's all week. Let me put it in perspective: 1) The Acadian community of SW Nova has been here for 400+ yrs. Not even the Explusion (called crimes against humanity) or attempts to force assimilation have been able to crush our way of life. Where else in the province can you find communities that operate in French? Stores, banks, restaurants and even a radio station cultivated through our centuries of residency. 2) A simple measure of an Acadian community is it's festival. I have been unable to find evidence of festivals in Truro or Bedford (which is claiming to be the largest Acadian community in the province) 3) Why are such comments of Anglo-Saxon supremacy not considered what it really is - discriminatory, degrading, and bordering on hate crime? Speaking in such terms of any other group would garner cries of foul play. But in Acadie, we are used to it. That's why we respresent a very unique aspect of the province - we have been here in our own culture for centuries, something no other immigrant community can say. If I were to have issues with a minority group's culture in the center of the universe you call HRM, I would labled a bigot, an intolerant and narrow minded hick. That game plays both ways, you just refuse to accept your prejudiced point of view.

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Heather MacDonald

- August 14, 2012 at 13:30:18

An excellent article, Tina! You've captured the essence of the evening, and the photos are phenomenal! Well done!

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Julie

- August 14, 2012 at 11:19:11

Representation by population is FAIR. Please do not treat one part of the province as more important than another. Why should an Acadian or non-Acadian vote in Yarmouth or Clare or Argyle be worth so much more than the quickly growing Acadian population of Truro-Bible Hill? Or Halifax's growing Acadian population? Why is the vote a minority who lives in the gigantic population of Clayton Park or Bedford worth so much less in the eyes of Churchill and D'Entrement than their own vote?

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