You might be interested to know that there are actually a few grassroots movements up north to consolidate some towns and local service districts. Tracadie-Sheila is looking at merging with 18 neighbouring LSDs to form a town of 16,000 people (which would make it third biggest by a fairly large margin). You can read more about it at
http://verslavenir.ca . It's also worth noting that Tracadie-Sheila grew by more than 10% in the last census - not something to sneeze at considering where they are.
Shippigan and Lameque are planning a similar amalgamation.
Then there have of course been the reorganizations that have happened over the last two decades. Most notably is the merger between Edmundston, St Jaques and environs, but also some smaller places like Belledune.
There's a hell of a lot of work to be done, that's for sure. But there actually is progress being made, particularly at the grassroots level. It's my understanding that the plans in Shippigan and Tracadie were both started locally and not imposed by Fredericton.
As for the rest of the province, quite a few municipalities are annexing territory that was previously unorganized, like Shediac and Fredericton. With the province's move to creating regional service districts, it will be easier still to consolidate unincorporated land into municipalities. Let's not forget that roughly half of the people in New Brunswick don't have a local government!