Should Ottawa in the Greenbelt seperate from the burbs? - Page 4

d_jeffrey · #61 Posted: **Nov 2, 2007, 1:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

There is even a binational pulp and paper operation between Madawaska and Edmundston that has numerous large pipes carrying stuff across the border (Saint John River).

On the language front, French will most likely be gone even from the northernmost parts of Aroostook County within a couple of generations, but for the moment it’s still got a presence there.

Presence is the right word, I'm from there, no teenagers speak French in Madawaska...

Acajack · #62 Posted: **Nov 2, 2007, 1:20 PM**

Indeed. The people I met in extreme northern Maine who were my age (in their 30s) all told me, in French, that the young people in the area generally didn’t speak French anymore.

I wonder why this change has happened only fairly recently? Francophones in this or any other part of the state of Maine, whether they’re in their teens, 20s, 30s 60s or 80s, have never had access to French schools at any time in history. Yet most adults in the Madawaska region still speak French today*. So why this sudden decline among young people now?

*According to the United States Bureau of the Census, 83.4% of the population of the town of Madawaska speaks French as a home language.

Cre47 · #63 Posted: **Mar 25, 2008, 7:43 PM**

Looks like the NCC are plannig a Country-Wide consultation on the Greenbelt's future.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/...1e4f65&k=95661

clynnog · #64 Posted: **Mar 25, 2008, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cre47

Looks like the NCC are plannig a Country-Wide consultation on the Greenbelt's future.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/...1e4f65&k=95661

I believe that the RFP for the Greenbelt Master Plan will be is has been posted on MERX.