Now after decades of almost no immigration, now everyone and their dog in Atlantic Canada is talking about it. Provinces are developing strategies, communities are getting ‘immigrant friendly’ and the federal government is finally starting to show some interest in…
Continue ReadingYou’d think we would learn our lesson
After decades of a welfare/dependency approach to Canada’s aboriginal community, the focus is now on self sufficiency. Because, we realize that money alone will not solve any community’s problems. What’s needed is a broader sense of belonging – of relevance…
Continue ReadingIt looks like Lord may have dodged a bullet
In an article in the El Universal newspaper, Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum, stated that Pdvsa will honor contracts already signed. “We have always said that what is signed will be respected.” Controversy arose last year when…
Continue ReadingIt’s just another number
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T.S. Eliot To their credit, the Times & Transcript actually ran a story about the$740 million in EI paid out to New…
Continue ReadingEnvironmentalists – Please don’t miss the point
The UNB Environmental Society is hosting a Youth Environmental Symposium (YES) later this week in Fredericton. The preamble for their conference reads as follows: Historically, Atlantic Canada has been left behind… We have less investment, fewer industries, higher unemployment, and…
Continue ReadingWho will stand up to the T&T?
I make no secret that I think the editorial board of the Times & Transcript thinks it shapes government policy from the We Say page of their newspaper. And they have some reason to think this. In the past, when…
Continue ReadingThe Doctor is in
A few months ago, my six year old son decided he really wasn’t interested in eating anymore. Oh, he would eat a few bites and then say he was full. This went on for some time and we tried everything.…
Continue ReadingTip your hat to Malcolm Bricklin
The story of Malcolm Bricklin is the stuff of legend in New Brunswick. Now there is a new movie coming out about his attempt to manufacture Bricklin cars in New Brunswick. Like most New Brunswickers, until recently I bristled upon…
Continue ReadingCan’t help myself
I couldn’t help but pen this blog. I finally found time to read the APEC study from last September called Subsidized to the Hilt? which looked at the level of government subsidization of business in Canada. The summary of their…
Continue ReadingA lament for NB Power
Contrary to what you might think, this will not be a rant against the botched Orimulsion deal that will cost the province (i.e. you and me) $2 billion. It will not question in detail how NB Power could complete a…
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