2017 francophone games chooses Chiac slogan 'Right Fiers!'

Organizers of the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie games in Moncton and Dieppe have launched a video and social media campaign which is proudly and unapologeticallyChiac.

The promotional videolaunched Thursday,ends with the slogan for the games:RightFiers,which means'right proud' in English.

Some people in the area are proud to have their culture highlighted at a national event,while othersare less than impressed.

Robert Pichette, 80,one of the authors of the original N.B. OfficialLanguages Act, does not approve of the use of thisEnglish and French mix.

One of the most asinine slogans ever to surface.- Robert Pichette, writer,Acadian historian

"I think this is one of the most asinine slogans ever to surface," he said.

Pichette says speaking any language properly should be a point of pride,but especially for Acadians, who struggled for years to receive the right to a French education.

"It's been a long, long fight, it is now won, it's done, and it was done as peacefully as possible.Why now should we renege on this ourselves?" said Pichette.

I love the slogan.- Annie Desjardins

However, 19-year-oldAnnie Desjardins, raised in Moncton,has a different point of view.

"I love it, I love the slogan," she said.

Desjardins says Chiac is a point of pride for local people, asign that Acadian culturing is thriving.

"I think that as an Acadian, I think that Chiac is the proof that Chiac and the Acadian identity is still growing.I think it confirms everything about the Acadian identity," she said.

Desjardinssays she can't wait to have people from around the country get a taste of the Chiac culture.

About 1,000 participantsare expected in Moncton and Dieppe for the Jeux de la Francophonie in July 2017.The games are designedfor francophone youth to compete in sports and share theirculture.