I hear that the NB Liberals are coming out with their strategy for ‘moose fencing’ today. After reading the study on declining birth rates due mainly to the out-migration of young females to provinces such as Alberta, I had one…
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Preston Manning has an editorial in the Globe & Mail this a.m. arguing that Alberta already gives enough to the rest of Canada. Any discussion of ‘redistributing’ the province’s petrodollars to correct fiscal imbalances is misguided, he says (can’t give…
Continue ReadingOops, Principles? What Principles?
Remember the recent crisis in the Legislature when the NB Liberals were trying to bring down the ruling Tories? Remember how definitive the Premier was about the October 2007 election date? Don’t forget he prefers fixed election dates. Remember Al…
Continue ReadingToys ‘R’nt’ Us
CBC is reporting on a new Stats Can report: New Brunswick’s birth rate declined by 2.2 per cent between 2003-2004, according to a Statistics Canada report released Monday.Leslie Geran, a Statistics Canada analyst, said young adults are moving to other…
Continue ReadingDis-Service New Brunswick
Is it just an inevitability that government can’t provide good customer service? I’m in line at the SNB in Moncton. For years I have used SNB and have always been very impressed at the speed and efficiency. Not any more.…
Continue ReadingLet’s blow this popsicle stand
Interesting article in the T&T this A.M. (I can’t give you a URL because you have to pay). It’s about the migration of workers to Alberta. In usual style, Al Hogan doesn’t mention the Premier by name at all and…
Continue ReadingThe Meek Shall Inherit… the inkwell
Who is this Jim Meek? He is described as a freelance writer in Halifax (and works for Bristol Communications). He has been serving up a steady diet of thought-provoking articles dealing with the lack of economic development in the region.…
Continue ReadingDonald Savoie getting cranky?
I like to read through the Halifax Chronicle-Herald – mostly because it’s a breath of fresh air compared to the local rag here in Moncton. There was an interesting article about the need for economic growth in Atlantic Canada. But…
Continue ReadingNow we know an election must be coming
There’s a story in today’s Daily Gleaner about the province putting 50 new government jobs in Edmundston. That’s a sure sign that an election must be coming soon. I have said before that where it makes sense, I think the…
Continue ReadingFixing the fiscal imbalance
The Premiers couldn’t agree this week on a unified position on fixing the ‘fiscal imbalance’. There are basically three broad approaches that were put foward (and hybrids of all of them): The fiscal imbalance is between the ‘rich’ and the…
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