Acadian group in N.B. praises life of Jackie Vautour, who resisted expropriation
Jackie Vautour stands outside court during a case involving clam digging, in Moncton, N.B. on April 12, 2010. New Brunswick s Acadian Society is paying tribute to Jackie Vautour as a symbol of the resistance of the francophone minority to acts of unjust expropriation. The 92-year-old Vautour died on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan February 08, 2021 - 1:02 PM
FREDERICTON - An Acadian man who fought to remain in his home on New Brunswick s eastern shore is being recalled as a symbol of the francophone minority s resistance to unjust expropriation of their lands.
The former Conservative Finance Minister says he’s leaving the party until the Premier steps down.
Jeannot Volpé sent out a tweet yesterday asking the party president to remove his name from the membership list until there is a leadership review, according to CBC.
The Higgs’s government says the motivation behind Volpé’s tweet was that he “recently asked the Premier’s Office to intervene in a human resources issue at NB Power, but was refused because it would have been inappropriate to do so.
Volpé says he quit the party because people in his former Madawaska-area riding still call him to complain about current PC policies or to ask him for government help, and he wanted to send a message that he’s not part of that party anymore.
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