EPISODE · Aug 1, 2022 · 5 MIN
I'm from Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter by Donald J. Savoie
from Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics · host Adan Dare
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm from Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter Author: Donald J. Savoie Narrator: Nicolas Van Burek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make important contributions to Canada's development. Trudeau's objective was Canadian unity and he turned to Acadie to show Quebec that there was a viable French Canadian presence outside their borders. Robichaud, New Brunswick's first elected Acadian premier, had witnessed Acadian poverty first hand and made it his mission to bring New Brunswick into the modern era. Savoie shows how their efforts led to fundamental change for both Canada and New Brunswick and changed his life.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm from Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter Author: Donald J. Savoie Narrator: Nicolas Van Burek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make important contributions to Canada's development. Trudeau's objective was Canadian unity and he turned to Acadie to show Quebec that there was a viable French Canadian presence outside their borders. Robichaud, New Brunswick's first elected Acadian premier, had witnessed Acadian poverty first hand and made it his mission to bring New Brunswick into the modern era. Savoie shows how their efforts led to fundamental change for both Canada and New Brunswick and changed his life.
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