This is a good step.
http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/edu/2010e0804ed.htm
We talk about a bilingual society and then spend almost all our time and effort keeping French and English apart. Our schools, media, cultural instututions, and just about everything else is either English or French. It’s easier for my kids to get a French speaking penpal in France than in NB.
I was shocked to find out the French schools in NB don’t have English Immersion like the English schools have French Immersion.