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They called him a man of destiny, and indeed he was. Louis Robichaud was born to a large Acadian family and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. Dedicated to his province, he had lifelong ambitions to improve the lot of Acadians and New Brunswickers alike. On June 27, 1960, he became the province's first-elected Acadian premier and for a decade he pushed for progress like no other before him.
Robichaud and Irving manage to revitalize the slumped economy. Business improves in town, real estate values climb and 1,500 new jobs are created as the province enters the steel production trade. Robichaud even goes so far as to promise every employable man a job within five years.
. "I didn't have anything against K.C. Irving. I thought he was a heck of a smart man. But I simply wanted him to pay taxes like all the others." — Louis Robichaud
Program: CBC Newsmagazine
Broadcast Date: Jan. 12, 1965
Guest(s): K.C. Irving, Louis Robichaud
Host: Kingsley Brown
Duration: 17:54
Last updated: January 31, 2012
Page consulted on March 22, 2013
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Industrialist K.C. Irving and Louis Robichaud are interviewed about th...
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Louis Robichaud talks about the history of Acadia.
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The Byrne Report suggests sweeping provincial changes which some say w...
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In 1755, Acadians living on Canada's East Coast are forced to leave.
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Robichaud's critics sound off on the Program of Equal Opportunity.
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Robichaud speaks about French and English divisions in New Brunswick.
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Critics attack the Program for Equal Opportunity.
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Louis Robichaud promotes his plan for equal opportunity.
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New Brunswick succeeds and then struggles with its official bilingual ...
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The Robichaud government is defeated.
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Isolated Acadians seek to break through social isolation.
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Acadians struggle to forge a unique political movement.
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Author Antonine Maillet tells the history of the women of Acadia.
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Author Antonine Maillet recalls her childhood in New Brunswick in the ...
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Acadians fear and resent assimilation as their culture slips away.
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Educated and bilingual, a new group of Acadians seek to lead their com...
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New Brunswick succeeds and then struggles with its official bilingual ...
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Francophones fight to keep French schools in their N.B. communities.
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"Had we not had Louis, had we not had the 1960s, I don't know where we...
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