Gallant names new mission after stepping down: repair N.B.’s linguistic divide
FREDERICTON — Former premier Brian Gallant announced plans to resign as New Brunswick Liberal leader Thursday, as well as a new mission: to tour Canada’s only officially bilingual province in a bid to repair the linguistic divide.
As he asked the party to begin the process of finding his replacement, Gallant told reporters he’ll take the opportunity to seek more unity on language issues — something he said he didn’t do enough of as premier.
“There are people who have concerns about what they perceive and may have happened to them because of bilingualism. There are people who obviously want to see their rights defended,” he said.
“So I think that we can find common ground, and I think the more people know the facts the better informed they will be to have this discussion that we are clearly going to have as a province.”