Each year on this date, we publish an in memoriam for our daughter Shauna. Today is the 23rd time we have done this, as it was 23 years ago today that, at the age of 14, coming home from a movie with friends, she was hit by a car and died. This is part of our effort to keep her memory alive.
Most Canadians, not all, are quick to sympathize with police brutality and racism in the United States - as they should be - but continue to remain silent about the injustices many indigenous people in their own country continue to suffer at the hands of law enforcement and the justice system. (TJ Burke)
In this life, if you are lucky you meet a few people who are truly special. People who give your life joy and meaning. And more than that add generous doses of fun and foolishness, and so much more, but you know where I am going.
For those who are don’t need the money, great, good for you. Or if you are lucky enough to land a job related to your field of study or to determine if it’s a field you want to pursue as a career, good for you too, fill your boots. But for others, the real field offers value as well.
Each of these five strategies on their own would make a huge difference. Together they are the formula for an economy that works for the good of all people and our planet.
Were they sitting around strategizing about how to best handle this major story and someone said “I know, we’ll close down the local supper hour news shows that our viewers are familiar with, and give them a show coordinated out of Toronto instead”?
the whole fiasco made for an interesting and insightful week as I guess is inevitable when a government does something that takes it to the brink. I couldn’t help but notice the major divide on social media between those who saw the announced changes as an attack on rural New Brunswick, and those who applauded Higgs for a government with the guts to do the unpopular to save a health care delivery system that is unsustainable
If I had to bet, I would bet against the government going down over this. But this may be just the warm-up act.
Many of the immigrants I know came from war zones and are extremely appreciative for the safe haven Canada provides, because they know how precious that is, and how Canadian veterans have sacrificed to make it so. For Cherry to suggest otherwise, as he has, is nothing short of a racist comment. And for that, he should have been let go.
“When hell had opened up its gates, when everybody broke and ran; with chaos the only constant, the Canadians stayed. We stayed and, by God, we held the line.”
It’s a special day in Canada and for Canadians. Vote as you see fit, but at the same time give a thought to how great it is to have that option. And realize that democracy is precious, and we need to be ever vigilant so we don’t allow it to erode, as it has to the south of us.
Which brings us to Fredericton. According to CalculatedPolitics.ca, a site that aggregates all the polls by appropriate weight, the riding of Fredericton is the tightest in the province, and perhaps the country.
there’s little to distinguish between the Liberals and Conservatives in this election. Neither has what could be called a real vision for the country. Their messages mainly boil down to “Vote for me because I’m not as bad as the other guy”.
Mind you it is because the then Attorney General Jody Wilson-Rayboult was strong enough to hold her ground, and it may have been a different outcome with a weaker Minister. But it couldn’t be forced. That’s the salient point. That is what distances us from lesser democracies.
While it (de Adder’s Trump cartoon) wasn’t the trigger for his contract being cancelled, details that have surfaced since have exposed a bigger picture of Brunswick News. And it’s not a pretty one.
It is important social commentary, and the Irving papers will be all the poorer for depriving their readers of it. If Brunswick News was looking to give readers one more reason to cancel their subscriptions, this decision could be it.
While successive provincial governments have long placed their priority on chasing investment from outside the region, plying everybody from Sears to call centres with everything from wage subsidies to tax breaks, the real economic potential has always been right here in front of us. It’s Co-operatives and Social Enterprises.
The night Shauna died, Janet and I decided whatever parts of her body could be donated to help others, then by all means, yes. We knew deep in our collective soul that would have been her wish. Her injuries were so severe though, that all that could be taken were her corneas. But as a result, two people out in western Canada received the gift of sight.
“No plan to deal with the worker shortage, no strategy to keep university students here after they graduate. Nothing to grow the economy beyond paying $49M on the debt. Stimulating the economy will be the biggest challenge.”
Trudeau’s arrogance and maybe corruption. Sheer’s pandering with nary a Red Tory left to provide a social conscience to his party. God, this is all so depressing. The only positive thing is that we aren’t the United States.
