The Unions of New Brunswick have had some messed up arguments before but this is pretty bad.
That is of course not to say there is nothing to protest. But to harass other Canadians who are just trying to earn a living is a crime..... no really it is. What if Albertans started to picket New Brunswickers out there.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
STU bans bottled water
The Aquinian has the full story here. They report that the effort was conducted in memory of the late professor John McKendy.
The Coalition for Bottled-Water Free Campuses in Fredericton began as a group of students looking to honour their professor, but soon grew to include members from across the city.
“It sort of snowballed from there,” said Henry. “There were all sorts of groups on campus and in the community who also wanted to work on similar issues.”
Henry says freshmen will find reusable water bottles in their welcome week kits. Inside the bottles will be a factsheet about bottled water and tap water – which the group touts as “a healthier, cheaper alternative to bottled water”.
The University of Winnipeg banned the sale disposable water bottles earlier in March, making it the first campus in Canada to do so.
I must confess I'm a little skeptical as to why bottled water is a more pressing concern than, say, any number of other bottled beverages people consume.
The Coalition for Bottled-Water Free Campuses in Fredericton began as a group of students looking to honour their professor, but soon grew to include members from across the city.
“It sort of snowballed from there,” said Henry. “There were all sorts of groups on campus and in the community who also wanted to work on similar issues.”
Henry says freshmen will find reusable water bottles in their welcome week kits. Inside the bottles will be a factsheet about bottled water and tap water – which the group touts as “a healthier, cheaper alternative to bottled water”.
The University of Winnipeg banned the sale disposable water bottles earlier in March, making it the first campus in Canada to do so.
I must confess I'm a little skeptical as to why bottled water is a more pressing concern than, say, any number of other bottled beverages people consume.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
News links
New UNB president Eddy Campbell offers his greetings.
You don't say: "A Statistics Canada report indicates this summer as being one of the worst for students who were looking for work."
NDP steal support from Progressive Conservatives and Alward in latest NB poll.
"Praise for The Failure of Global Capitalism"
Britt Dysart is less than enthused at Harper's latest senate appointment for NB:
"Stewart-Olsen apparently does meet the legal requirement that Senators own property in the province they represent. But she has a long way to go to prove that she speaks for New Brunswickers in the Senate of Canada."
The Torch offers a roundup of the latest cut-and-run related news in the Afghanistan War and offers this observation: "The greatest problem is not the backwardness and barbarism of so much of the "developing" world. It is the frivolousness and narcissism that dominates the politics and culture of the world's most privileged countries."
Macleans Blog: "The Liberals’ new English language ad, filmed, it appears, in Narnia…" (With bonus rebuttal by Jason Kenny.)
You don't say: "A Statistics Canada report indicates this summer as being one of the worst for students who were looking for work."
NDP steal support from Progressive Conservatives and Alward in latest NB poll.
"Praise for The Failure of Global Capitalism"
Britt Dysart is less than enthused at Harper's latest senate appointment for NB:
"Stewart-Olsen apparently does meet the legal requirement that Senators own property in the province they represent. But she has a long way to go to prove that she speaks for New Brunswickers in the Senate of Canada."
The Torch offers a roundup of the latest cut-and-run related news in the Afghanistan War and offers this observation: "The greatest problem is not the backwardness and barbarism of so much of the "developing" world. It is the frivolousness and narcissism that dominates the politics and culture of the world's most privileged countries."
Macleans Blog: "The Liberals’ new English language ad, filmed, it appears, in Narnia…" (With bonus rebuttal by Jason Kenny.)
Saturday, September 5, 2009
When the NB Government runs a Deficit of a Billion Dollars this is what happens!
When a the Liberals said they were going to cut services to offset the ballooning deficit what did you think was going to happen. Did you expect them to take pay cuts? Let me make a prediction....There will be allot more of this.
The families most effected by these cuts are coincidentally from the low end of the socioeconomic scale. Also coincidentally they are the least able cause trouble for the Government.
We have to hand it to Liberals. They stoped going after the Universities, when they realized it was the worst political move they have made since the equal opportunities act. They stoped going after the inefficient early immersion program when they felt the wrath of the privileged middle class. Now they are kicking the underprivileged while they are down because...hey they don't even vote, let alone picket.
The families most effected by these cuts are coincidentally from the low end of the socioeconomic scale. Also coincidentally they are the least able cause trouble for the Government.
We have to hand it to Liberals. They stoped going after the Universities, when they realized it was the worst political move they have made since the equal opportunities act. They stoped going after the inefficient early immersion program when they felt the wrath of the privileged middle class. Now they are kicking the underprivileged while they are down because...hey they don't even vote, let alone picket.
CBC: N.B. Grit support steady, NDP gains: poll
The NDP are growing in strength and I would say that's a good thing, but if it is at the expense of only one of the main parties this could lead to a tightening of Liberal control in this Province. What we need is not a leaching from one of the standing Parties but a mobilization of a currently inactive section of the population.
I have said it before and I will say it again, the Unions in this province need to stand or fall. Right now I could go for either.
I have said it before and I will say it again, the Unions in this province need to stand or fall. Right now I could go for either.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Third place or bust!
Kady O'Malley's liveblog of the '09 NDP policy convention in Halifax over at Mac's Blog Central.
CBC: "UNB prof seeks federal Liberal nomination"
Out in Fredericton, English professor Wendy Robbins is competing for the privilege of running as a candidate for the federal Liberal party.
"Lisa Merrithew, a Progressive Conservative insider who set up the New Brunswick chapter of Equal Voice, applauded Robbins’s decision to get politically involved.
Female reps wanted
'There’s a huge issue in terms of female representation in New Brunswick, at all levels in New Brunswick,' Merrithew said. 'So I think it’s fantastic that the first person for the Liberals out of the gate is Wendy.'
In the New Brunswick legislature, women hold seven of the 55 seats, and none of the province’s 10 members of Parliament are women."
Meanwhile, the debate continues over whether descriptive representation is, in fact, imaginary.
"Lisa Merrithew, a Progressive Conservative insider who set up the New Brunswick chapter of Equal Voice, applauded Robbins’s decision to get politically involved.
Female reps wanted
'There’s a huge issue in terms of female representation in New Brunswick, at all levels in New Brunswick,' Merrithew said. 'So I think it’s fantastic that the first person for the Liberals out of the gate is Wendy.'
In the New Brunswick legislature, women hold seven of the 55 seats, and none of the province’s 10 members of Parliament are women."
Meanwhile, the debate continues over whether descriptive representation is, in fact, imaginary.
Possible escape attempt from Saint John halfway house
"An inmate at a halfway house in uptown Saint John is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window."
Time to leave NAFTA?
"I'm not looking for a trade war, nor am I seeking acrimony with my American friends. All I'd like is for my country, along with our Mexican partners, to admit that you can't do business with people who find it impossible to live up to the terms of a contract. And then quietly withdraw from NAFTA. But I do not think that it is unreasonable for the government of Canada to address the criminal trade practices of the United States, which it cannot do within NAFTA."
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