Bill 88

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Flag of the Acadians, an important linguistic community in the Maritime Provinces who are the descendants of French colonialists

The law recognising the equality of the two linguistic communities of New Brunswick, or the more succinct Law 88, is a law adopted by the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, recognising the equality of the Anglophone and Francophone linguistic communities of the province.

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On the 17 July 1981, the Legislative Assembly adopted the law, with consists of three articles. For the first time, the statutory equality of the Acadians as a linguistic community, and urges the provincial government to protect and promote the development of the Acadian community. Law 88, more commonly referred to as "Bill 88" in English, complimented the 1969 Official Languages of New Brunswick law, which established French and English as official languages of the legislature and of the provincial administration. This obligation would be later registered in the 1993 Constitution of Canada.