We finally got a look at Premier Lord’s new Accelerating Greater Prosperity funding request to the feds. He wants $1.5 billion from the federal government. Now, remember that government spending in New Brunswick is already up 36% since 1999 –…
Continue ReadingEverybody loves Frank
The Telegraph Journal is reporting on a poll done by Corporate Research Associates. He’s an article excerpt:The poll by Corporate Research Associates shows 63 per cent of New Brunswickers believe Mr. McKenna would make the better prime minister, compared to…
Continue ReadingThe lion, the witch and the wardrobe
I took the kids to see the new movie The lion, the witch and the wardrobe last night. Although the target audience for this is 10 year olds, I did find it entertaining. But the question that I had after…
Continue ReadingPolitical Maturity
It doesn’t seem that long ago that folks were calling Dalton McGuinty an ‘airhead’. That was then, this is now. Yesterday, he made a speech on the accomplishments of his government in which he said: “I’m pleased with our progress,…
Continue ReadingOntario – a contrast with New Brunswick
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Ontario is about to announce another $500 million incentive program to attract manufacturers to that province. This on the heels of the $500 million program (matched by Ottawa) to attract auto manufacturers. And…
Continue ReadingNB and Prescription Drugs
It’s not economic development, but it is interesting. A new report by the University of British Columbia Centre for Health Services and Policy Research finds that New Brunswickers spend 16% more on prescription drugs per capita than the Canadian average.…
Continue ReadingYankee doodle dandy
I’ve got to get something off my chest. I realize in advance I will get hammered for it but I will say it anyway. I don’t know why Paul Martin has to hammer the United States. I mean, I realize…
Continue ReadingHrabluk: The new face of dissent?
It seems like just a few weeks ago I was criticizing Lisa Hrabluk as someone who blandly wrote up what she was told by government press releases and officials at the Premier’s Office. Not anymore. She has taken the gloves…
Continue ReadingDonald Savoie on RIM: redux
I can’t believe that Al Hogan actually printed this one but he did… Times & Transcript December 14, 2005 N.B. should have made pitch for N.S. Blackberry jobs: economistThere is no excuse why New Brunswick did not make a serious…
Continue ReadingLord and McKenna already duking it out
In my real life, I spend a lot of time reading through national and regional newspapers and other media and I can report that the number of times Bernard Lord and Frank McKenna have been mentioned in the press has…
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