The Mayor of Memramcook has called on candidates from all political parties to fight against the sale of a heritage building that was the site of Collège Saint-Joseph, the first Acadian University.
During a public meeting on Tuesday, Michel Gaudet announced that the village is asking the Higgs government for the right of first refusal on any sale of the historic Memramcook Institute to a private buyer.
Mayor Gaudet also announced that the village is working on a plan to develop a private, bilingual high school that could occupy part of the vacant Institute building.
He says Memramcook also wants to preserve the much-loved chapel in the building and use another part of it for a community centre.
As we hear in this report from CHMA reporter Bruce Wark, Gaudet had to respond to critics who questioned why he was announcing the high school project in the middle of a provincial election campaign:
