How do the ECMA's play a role in the Atlantic Canadian culture?

Question

How do the ECMA's play a role in the Atlantic Canadian culture?

Answer 1

Major party of justified self-congratulation, best known recently for Nova Scotia federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay's monumental goof last year (in Halifax, he said "here in Toronto", then changed it to Ottawa, then finally got it right).   The ceremony is televised and well-received.