Marie-France Albert

Similar themes arise at the University of Moncton. Marie-France Albert, dean of the faculty of law, says two-thirds of her students originate from New Brunswick, with the remainder coming principally from the rest of Canada. Locals tend to remain in New Brunswick, while those from the other provinces go to Ottawa or Toronto, she says, with only a handful of them returning to their homes. Once again, even those who stay in New Brunswick are not returning to the small towns from whence they came. “They don’t go back to small towns like Caraquet or Shippagan,” says Albert. “Most of them, they want to stay in Moncton, or they go to Fredericton and Saint John because the big firms are there.”