I have thought for a long time that New Brunswick should publish its exports formally – with and without energy. Every other year we get a forecast about booming exports and politicians are quick to take credit for this as…
Continue ReadingElectricity outside the Heritage Pool
I think this is an issue for discussion. It’s not a deal breaker, in my opinion, but clarification would be helpful. If New Brunswick’s need for additional electricity goes outside the heritage pool (basically the current demand), additional power will…
Continue ReadingWhere’s the political bread buttered?
When the Tories and the NDP in New Brunswick rant against ‘big business’ I wonder if they understand who drives employment in this province? I revisited the numbers today just for fun. Organizations with over 100 employees have 61% of…
Continue ReadingDeja vu all over again
I am enjoying most of the discussion on the NB Power issue (with the exception of some of the funky stuff that I have had to block). I am surprised at the visceral reaction to this – people talking about…
Continue ReadingLines are drawn
After well over 100 comments (many of which were not publishable), the lines are pretty well drawn on this NB Power issue. I have read hundreds of tweets as well on this issue. There are basically four groups of viewpoints:…
Continue ReadingOn media bias – or not
After reading David Alward’s call to arms designed to whip up public sentiment against this NB Power sale, I decided to see if the media was also spending 90% of its effort to hammer the deal – based not on…
Continue ReadingBig deal
My comments in the Montreal Gazette this a.m. While unfortunate, I do think that some people (hopefully not the opposition) will try and whip up anti-Quebec and anti-French rhetoric to try and scuttle the NB Power deal. I hope there…
Continue ReadingOn NB Power again
Someone told me yesterday that this whole deal was cooked up by a bunch of large industrial users looking to get cheap Quebec power. Yeah. So what? It always amazes me when people broadly cast the average Joe Q Public…
Continue ReadingPothier and clarity
It seems like a lot of former Bernard Lord associates have done quite well for themselves. I gues that whole breach of personal privacy didn’t hurt Chisholm Pothier that much. Anyway, Pothier brings a point of clarity to the Equalization…
Continue ReadingBusiness or pleasure?
This is kind of interesting. Statistics Canada has tabulated the air traffic volume to/from Canadian and U.S. cities. NYC and Toronto, understandably, is the most used route. Halifax’s top paired destinations are NYC, Orlando, Boston and Washington. Moncton makes the…
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