This is an old adage that seems to be more and more relevant in New Brunswick these days. When you look at our ‘IT’ industry, most people with any kind of objectivity would admit that it is really hurting. Many…
Continue ReadingMore in the rinky dink category
One of New Brunswick’s problems is that our politics is too rinky dink. Too small town cheap – in the words of Gomery. Consider Lepreau. NB Power’s board of directors, acting on the results of a thorough study, concluded that…
Continue ReadingPlay in your weight class
Just a quick blog today on the TJ’s article NB Minister says relations with Ottawa at new low. In it, Percy Mockler ‘lashes’ out at the Feds for acting like they are in ‘kindergarten’. Now, arrogance to me is an…
Continue ReadingAl misses an opportunity
Just when you think you know a guy. After reading the front page story in the Times & Transcript about the Auditor General slamming the government for being far to secretive, I suspected Al Hogan would write an editorial (We…
Continue ReadingAn announcement that cuts deeply
As New Brunswick’s forestry industry struggles, I just read that Washington state’s is booming. In addition to several expansions, here is the text of a recent article: A California company has announced a proposal to build a $100 million high-tech…
Continue ReadingWe’ll all pay for NB Power’s bungling
Yes, we are all grumbling about the unbelieveable increases in electricity in New Brunswick. I own a big old, electricity-heated house and am bracing for the winter. But I am not talking about residential. NB Power’s bungling (Orimulsion, Lepreau, etc.)…
Continue ReadingBeware the Ideologues
I am getting a little tired of slackjawed journalists taking every opportunity to hammer economic developers. The latest attempt was published in the Montreal Gazette in which a journalist writes with great indignation about the ‘incentives’ the federal government gave…
Continue ReadingI can’t believe it’s not butter!
You know the old advertisment. Some chintzy guy or gal eating that fake, plastic looking, can’t-cook-with-it butter spread saying “I can’t believe it’s not butter!”. Well I can’t believe our provincial government. With plant closures happening monthly now. With one…
Continue ReadingRah, rah, rah Bathurst
I just finished reading Aloma Jardine’s piece Mill closure doesn’t have to be death knell in the Times & Transcript. Jardine eloquently issues a call to arms. Be more like Moncton, she says. Buck up. It’s all about attitude. She…
Continue ReadingCompassion when it matters
Welfare gets a bad rap – even in these pages sometimes. But I have to be clear – I don’t dislike welfare programs – in fact I believe you can judge the soul of a society by how it treats…
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