[The Bruce Report] LeBlanc case is about due process

If I say, hypothetically, that a particular peace officer – the enfant terrible, let’s say, of a local neighbourhood beat – is a rabble-rousing, trouble-making bully, then said cop might have reason to haul my butt into court. But he wouldn’t have a
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:48:53 +0000

[The Bruce Report] Meet Obama’s new best friends forever

Only in the United States can a fundamentally boring man find himself drawn and quartered in the square of public opinion. In Canada, we simply elect our dullards. It’s only later we discover that there’s more than we imagined lurking beneath the swe
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:48:10 +0000

[Brian Branch - Photo Journal] The subway couple - Le couple du métro

In the Montreal Subway.Dans le métro de Montréal.Circa 1992.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:49:00 +0000

[Half an Hour] Advice to Teachers on Online Learning

 
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:38:00 +0000

[It's The Economy, Stupid] Should Maritimers pay more in taxes than Albertans? – Postscript

For anybody looking to take a strip off me for suggesting some kind of  provincial personal tax harmonization - put away the pitchfork – I am not calling for this.  What I am saying is that in my opinion the fiscal gap is going to widen in Cana
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:13 +0000

[It's The Economy, Stupid] Drowning in debt

There is a good article in the TJ today about the high debt load the average Canadian family faces these days.  This piled on top of public debt and it would take decades and decades of determined effort to pay it down.  Of course, some economists do
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:34:42 +0000

[The Bruce Report] Elite? Say that to my face!

Once, it was a rare and much-coveted designation. Now, it’s a social disease that’s easier to contract than a case of Montezuma’s revenge from a greasy spoon. Traditionally, “elite” (adjective) meant “exclusive”, that is: Suitable only for the very b
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:45:24 +0000

[Brian Branch - Photo Journal] Klompenmaker

Lors de mon premier voyage en Hollande, en 1995. L’endroit maintenant, à Dussen, après une expansion des activités.Photo taken on my first trip to Holland, in 1995. Here’s the place now, in Dussen, a much bigger business than it was back then.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:03:00 +0000

[Facing Autism in New Brunswick] Millions for Woodstock Civic Center But No Time to Answer a Simple Adult Autism Care Question

Second from Left, NB Premier and Woodstock MLA David Alward  PHOTO BY MICHAEL MACDONALD/NBCC WOODSTOCK On January 4 2012 I emailed New Brunswick Premier David Alward and relevant cabinet ministers the following inquiry which asked simply whethe
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000

[Brian Branch - Photo Journal] Oiled truck / Camion huilé

 
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:54:00 +0000

[Facing Autism in New Brunswick] Catherine Lord Confesses: DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Intended To Exclude Intellectually Disabled

"Catherine Lord, the director of the Institute for Brain Development at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and a member of the committee overseeing the [DSM-5 autism] revisions, said that the goal was to ensure that autism was not used as a “fallback dia
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:07:00 +0000

[It's The Economy, Stupid] Shedding historical baggage: Hugh John edition

Struggle for a dollar, scuffle for a dime Step out from the past and try to hold the line So how come history takes such a long, long time When you’re waiting for a miracle -Bruce Cockburn (Waiting for a Miracle)   For the first 120 years
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:59:06 +0000

[The Chris Nadeau Blog] My $100,000 Blunder...Ssshhh Don't Tell Anyone

Photo Credit Nicolò Paternoster This is somewhat of a confession.  Heck it is a confession!!! I am sharing with you the deep inner secrets that lead to my most idiotic financial loss as an entrepreneur. How is that for transparency??? :-)
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000

[Martell Home Builders] Combining New & Old Decorating Styles

 
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:06:58 +0000

[Facing Autism in New Brunswick] NB Ombudsman's Centre of Excellence is a Fantasy That Will Not Fill Residential Care and Treatment Needs of Severely Autistic Adults

The Bricks and Mortar Office of the Ombudsman 548 York Street,Fredericton,New Brunswick, at the Staying Connected consultations,in which I participated, Ombudsman Bernard Richard and NBACLPresident Clarence Box both dismissed Long Term Residentia
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:14:00 +0000