Well, if your a Tory, the Sorry Centrist thinks you are going to win by a landslide 39 seats to 16. If you are a Liberal, NB Politico thinks you will win by 7 seats over the Tories. If you…
Continue ReadingTourism: Another casualty of the Tory indifference
The Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick makes an empassioned plea to become an election issue in today’s Daily Gleaner. In the past seven years (yes, including before 9/11), the tourism industry has been in decline – and this year…
Continue ReadingMessage to Liberals: Don’t swat a hornets’ nest
If Shawn Graham was hoping to appease Al Hogan by throwing in a Cath Lab for the Moncton Hospital in his party platform, he shouldn’t have bothered. Not only did Al Hogan not mention that Graham addressed his top election…
Continue ReadingWeird political advertising moment
What’s the name of that comedian that used to twist what people would say to make ordinary statements seem funny? I just can’t remember….. Anyway, I had such a moment with the Libera online advertisments that are being pumped out…
Continue ReadingThe preacher makes a come back
I was quite impressed with the Telegraph-Journal story entitled “Apohaqui’s ‘miracle’ church to mark 10th anniversary” which ran on September 8th. It chronicles the 10 year history of the Apohaqui Community Church which has grown to over 500 attendees on…
Continue ReadingLast point on Equalization – for now :-)
Do you think that Bernard Lord using Equalization to give middle class guys like me a break on electricity costs by rebating my HST falls within the ‘spirit’ of Equalization? Do you think that cheeses Daulton McGuinty off when Bernard…
Continue ReadingWhich is the have-not-iest province?
I have received a few angry emails lately telling me to back off talking about Equalization. That it’s entrenched in the Constitution, et. al. But I am fascinated by this program because as I have said before it is set…
Continue ReadingWhy doesn’t someone ask the question?
Is it that hard? Has every journalist and political analyst in New Brunswick forgot about the economy? Someone needs to ask the Tories and the Liberals where jobs are going to be created over the next 5-10 years. They need…
Continue ReadingT&T campaigning hard for Tories
A colleague of mine said he thought the T&T was a little less biased this year in their election coverage because the adjectives used to describe the Liberals were a little more aggressive. I don’t think so. Al thinks he…
Continue ReadingHere’s a question. Under what set of circumstances would the Department of Post-Secondary Education and Training actually tell people the cold hard truth? The Labour Force Survey comes out showing New Brunswick had the biggest decline in employment from July…
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