The gravy train

The Telegraph Journal ran a story yesterday detailing the spending from a northern New Brunswick development fund.  It chronicled how funds were used to build statues, renovate historic train cabooses and renovate golf course clubhouses.  It was one of those…

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Reimagine Rural

When ‘rural’ means only 14% of your population like it does in Ontario, looking at rural development is a relatively small scale issue (not to downplay its importance) but when it is 47% of your population as in New Brunswick,…

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Energy Corridor

Someone asked me why I haven’t commented yet on the Irving feasibility study for an energy corridor connecting New Brunswick with Maine.  So here goes. I think it seems like a great idea.  It should create good paying jobs and…

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