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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Environment | No Comments »
New Brunswickers might be forgiven for assuming the provincial government’s energy policy begins and ends with the NB Power deal. But the breeze blows hot from Fredericton in at least ... Read more..Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
The Conservative government’s fifth budget delivered all that Canadians had expected, which was, after all, not much. The times do not tolerate soaring visions or bold actions. The courage (and ... Read more..Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
Is there no limit to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s appetite for control? Must he now do Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s job as well as his own? The first duty ... Read more..Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Environment, Politics | No Comments »
It’s a shame every province can’t host a world-class sports event at least once a year, if B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell’s post-Olympic high is anything to covet. It’s been mere ... Read more..Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It is under a rare alignment of heavenly bodies when someone, somewhere in Government actually starts talking sense about the future of the Canadian economy. We’ve grown accustomed to the ... Read more..Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
The once-monumental effort to secure a multi-billion-dollar sell-off of NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec is quickly devolving into a protracted game of a “show me yours and I’ll show you ... Read more..Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
Sometime soon, when the darling buds of May are in their blooming glory, I’ll be heading to England for much-needed, if not necessarily well-deserved, R&R. What, I wonder, shall I ... Read more..Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It is just possible Canada needed a break from itself, and the Vancouver Olympics could not have been more perfectly timed. The collective fantasy that hard work, courage and talent ... Read more..