“In the early 20th century, New Brunswick was a very big deal. . . . But over the decades, New Brunswick slipped back into relative obscurity.” This how the largest travel book guide publisher in the world, Lonely Planet, begins its introduction to our province, noting most travellers simply drive-through the province. The problem is for most Canadians – never […]
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I want to thank everyone who came out to my first round of four community meetings this year to bring forward issues you want to see addressed by the provincial government. I will bring these forward at Question Period, as Member’s statements, and raise them directly with the appropriate members of cabinet. I know that some of you had intended […]
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Last year, the Premier, or someone in the Premier’s office acting on his behalf, told Service New Brunswick, presumably through their CEO, that he wanted the new property assessment system up and running in 18 months, not the three years that had been planned for its roll-out. When journalists asked the Premier during a scrum whether someone in his office […]
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On Monday night, I sat down to watch the first episode of the CBC’s new series “Canada: The Story of Us”, with some anticipation. After a per functionary nod to the hundreds of Indigenous nations that had flourished for millennia before European contact, we were told that Samuel de Champlain built the first European settlement in Canada in 1608, near […]
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