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Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Economy | 2 Comments »
I’ve always found that leading and lagging indicators are unreliable gauges of economic health. If you really want to measure the depth of the hot water in which we Canadians ... Read more..Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »
Public accountability is one of those phrases, like “military intelligence” or “unbiased opinion”, that signifies essentially nothing but which can be, in certain circumstances, well. . .“seriously funny”. Take, as examples, ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Humour, Politics | 1 Comment »
You filibustering Cro-Magnons and freshwater swabs! You lily-livered bandicoots and abecedarian iconoclasts! Scoffing braggarts! Prattling porpoises! Squawking popinjays! Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles, what a bunch of steam-rolling, body-snatching ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
David Hay, the sometimes beleaguered president of NB Power, is an awfully smart guy. He’s a lawyer, a former investment banker, and the chief gatekeeper of New Brunswick’s energy apparatus. So believe ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Politics | 7 Comments »
Et tu, Brute? These days, Donald Savoie comes not to praise Shawn Graham, but to bury him. In three archly critical newspaper stories published over the past week, the Canada Research Chair ... Read more..Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Education, Politics | 3 Comments »
There is something oddly poignant about a government that, upon finding itself in the frying plan, unfailingly jumps into the fire. Health care, post-secondary education, French immersion – you name it, ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Education, Politics | 3 Comments »
What has happened to civil debate in this province? When you disagree with a government policy, is it now acceptable to state that its architects are “behaving like fascists”? When you dispute ... Read more..Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
The path to political perdition in New Brunswick is too often paved with paper. Good intentions, notwithstanding, studies on everything from post-secondary education to French immersion have dragged this government into ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
I gave myself a raise the other day. I didn’t bother to tell my wife who owns 50 per cent of our consulting company because, frankly, it’s none of her ... Read more..Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Economy | 5 Comments »
Premier Shawn Graham must be feeling a little like that character in the Tony-award-winning Broadway musical, The Producers. No matter what he does, he can’t win support for even his ... Read more..