«Numbers have a demogogic way of translating our reality. As president of the Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick, I remember going to Fredericton to meet with the minister of the then department pertaining to culture. We had put together a report in which we were quoting various statistics on the importance of the arts in the economy of the province. The minister asked us where we had gotten these numbers. We said from Statistics Canada. He said, “It can’ be. This must be wrong.” And that was it. We got in the car and went back home.»

Texte d'Herménégilde Chiasson publié par CBC dans le cadre des Élections 2014