For example, the sponsor of the bill, Senator Comeau, pointed out to the committee that New Brunswick has over 300,000 Acadians, Nova Scotia has approximately 45,000 who still speak French and many more who no longer do, Prince Edward Island has approximately 5,000 and Quebec has over 1 million people of Acadian extraction.
Par exemple, le parrain du projet de loi, le sénateur Comeau, a signalé au comité que le Nouveau-Brunswick compte plus de 300 000 Acadiens, la Nouvelle- Écosse en a 45 000 qui parlent encore le français et beaucoup plus qui ne le parlent plus, l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard en a environ 5 000 et le Québec, plus d'un million.