I think it's pretty easy to make a practical case for French in NS, given the fact that it's the #2 most spoken language and the #1 most spoken language in some nearby areas. It's not like BC where you have to make a somewhat vaguer appeal to national history and culture.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
It's not a question of race. "Francophone" for the purposes of schools is fairly easy to define: does the child have a command of the language that is reasonably close to native speaker fluency (for his or her age)?
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In my experience this was not quite the view of the French language school system in the Halifax area, which is operated by the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial. I agree with you that in the end it should be about language skills, but I would not be surprised if there is still a double standard where "ethnically" Acadian parents (with suitable last name etc.) have an easier time enrolling kids who have worse French skills than other parents. That may even be an explicit part of the group's mandate. I'm not sure.