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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
There is no precise analogue in Canadian political life to the remarkable transformation underway in the United Kingdom. But a serviceable comparison might result from imagining the shape of Ottawa’s ... Read more..Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose Labour Party was soundly thrashed in last week’s general election, would be the loneliest man in all of Europe were it not for Greek ... Read more..Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in Society | No Comments »
He is just a year old, but already my grandson Euan knows he is much more than the vessel into which my wife pours her bottomless spring of affection. He ... Read more..Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen: As New Brunswick’s first Minister of Public Engagement, it gives me great pleasure to. . .well, engage with you today. Ha, ha. Let no one say ... Read more..Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s contention that it is not contractually obligated to cover the cost of replacement power in New Brunswick, purchased at the behest of its own breathtaking ... Read more..Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Of all the oaths in the lexicon of English expletives, none is more gloriously profane than the one Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth deployed the other day at a gathering of ... Read more..Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »
The word makes a manufacturer’s corporate blood run cold; its connotations promise years, if not decades, of blackened reputations and costly litigations. Yet, “recall” is becoming the mot du jour ... Read more..Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Business, Society | No Comments »
Some Moncton drivers think they’re completely justified parking their cars on another’s private property. Meanwhile, several downtown landowners think they have an absolute right to immobilize trespassers’ vehicles with the ... Read more..Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Humour, Society | No Comments »
It has come to my attention that I am a lousy email correspondent, by which I mean I’m brash, gruff, dismissive, and frequently rude. I don’t know how or why ... Read more..Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is no King John and members of Parliament are no gaggle of wealthy barons, but there is something reminiscent about House Speaker Peter Milliken’s ruling ... Read more..