O, New Brunswick

It's not that I believe governments should be in the business of educating the young. It's not that I believe that government has any business promoting citizenship. It's that I find it galling that some people have such a problem with the national anthem. Personally I prefer the Maple Forever, but O, Canada is alright. Unless you're not too keen on the whole Canada part.

Dozens of francophone schools in New Brunswick have applied for an exemption to O Canada after the province's education department mandated that schools that did not want to play the national anthem each day develop other activities to promote patriotism.

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New Brunswick has nine anglophone districts, and five that are francophone. The National Post reached all but one francophone district yesterday, and all reported that some schools had applied for the exemption. Reports out of New Brunswick suggest there are about 40 in total, and the department is not aware of any anglophone schools opting out.

One of those wacky coincidences we're not suppose to talk about.