Archive for August, 2007

Don’t say farewell to Nova Scotia

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Atlantica, Economy, Politics | 4 Comments »

To the astonishment of exactly no one, two eminent economic thinkers now stipulate that Nova Scotia is more prosperous than New Brunswick. I’d ask someone to alert the media about ... Read more..

Building consensus?

Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In the mountain of paper that comprised the official agenda of last week’s Council of the Federation in Moncton, I came across a reference to travel arrangements for members of ... Read more..

Rhinoceros Party on the horns of a dilemma

Sunday, August 12th, 2007 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

For reasons only an unredeemable clown can understand, the organizers of the long and dearly departed Rhinoceros Party have decided to take another stab at federal certification. What, the spectacle ... Read more..

Will Mr. Nice Guy finish first?

Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »

As one of the nicest guys in Canadian politics, New Brunswick’s perpetually smiling, endearingly awkward premier should be just about ready to book his retirement suite in a little town ... Read more..

Welcome to the silly season

Friday, August 3rd, 2007 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

For sheer, unadulterated lunacy, it’s hard to beat the spectacle of Prime Minister Stephen Harper strutting his political stuff, trolling for latent electoral support, in a region he once maligned ... Read more..

Back to the 101 on credit card debt

Friday, August 3rd, 2007 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »

It is that time of the year when a young scholar’s thoughts turn to the winning ways of academic pursuit, the gentle roar of conviviality harkening a new semester of ... Read more..

Tower of Babel

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »

Over at one of my favourite blogs, “It’s the Economy, Stupid”, the chief stupid-watcher, David Campbell, has nailed an enormously important point about French second-language instruction in New Brunswick’s public ... Read more..

Stephen Harper’s iron grip on power

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

As 149 Tory MPs and senators gather in Charlottetown this week for their annual summer retreat, some party insiders are privately wondering how much starch their famously stiff-necked leader has ... Read more..