Eye on New Brunswick Archives

New Brunswick charts a bold new economic path

by Constantine Passaris | Oct 12, 2021 | Business, Education, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Technology | 0

CONSTANTINE PASSARIS: The launch of the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick is confirmation that the age of internetization has arrived in the province (FREE)

New Brunswick’s Acadia region a hidden gem

by Doug Firby | Sep 28, 2021 | ConnecTour, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Get outside, Things to do in Canada, Travel | 0

This is part 24 in our series ConnecTour Chronicles

CYCLING CANADA: A naturally beautiful region with equally vibrant people, Acadia is a Canadian treasure (FREE)

CUPE wants its weight in gold – paid for by the taxpayer

by Renaud Brossard | Sep 16, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

RENAUD BROSSARD: New Brunswick union wants a 20%(!) raise over the next four years (FREE)

Government spending in New Brunswick is about to hit a wall

by Renaud Brossard | Jul 16, 2021 | Business, Entrepreneurs, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Politics/Law, Small business | 0

RENAUD BROSSARD: A $600 million gap exists between what the province currently spends and what it can afford to spend without increasing its debt load (FREE)

Atlantic Canada won’t prosper until it kicks the equalization habit

by David MacKinnon | May 5, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, Eye on Newfoundland, Eye on NS, Eye on PEI, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

DAVID MACKINNON: Subsidies to Atlantic Canada represent corrosive political practices that damage the reputation of the region and the national fabric (FREE)

Is Canada destined to fall into Greenland’s welfare trap?

by Peter Holle | Apr 29, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, Eye on NS, Eye on PEI, Eye on Quebec, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

PETER HOLLE: If Canada continues to subsidize areas that aren’t economically viable, the standard of living in our country will continue to erode (FREE)

High taxes, red tape keeping entrepreneurs out of New Brunswick

by Renaud Brossard | Apr 16, 2021 | Business, Entrepreneurs, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Small business | 0

RENAUD BROSSARD: Getting more people to start up businesses doesn’t require an expensive and complex government plan. Government just needs to get out of the way (FREE)

Federal carbon tax hike will hammer New Brunswick economy

by Alex Whalen | Apr 14, 2021 | Business, Environment, Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Politics/Law, Your Money | 0

ALEX WHALEN and ELMIRA ALIAKBARI: New Brunswickers should understand the real-life effects of this tax, as the job loss and economic contraction will be substantial (FREE)

New Brunswick government should have stuck with fiscal restraint

by Renaud Brossard | Mar 30, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

RENAUD BROSSARD and KRIS RONDOLO: The province should have stayed the course with its previous disciplined approach to the pandemic (FREE)

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

by Constantine Passaris | Mar 11, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, FREE content, Politics/Law, World | 0

CONSTANTINE PASSARIS: Queen Elizabeth must juggle her duties with her family responsibilities. But in her case, the stakes are higher and the scrutiny is intense (FREE)

History shows a path to resolve lobster fisheries dispute

by Joseph Quesnel | Feb 23, 2021 | Business, Eye on New Brunswick, Eye on Newfoundland, Eye on NS, Eye on Ontario, Eye on PEI, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: Non-Indigenous fishers in Atlantic region need not be worried that Indigenous rights will come at the expense of conservation (FREE)

First Nations need safe drinking water now

by Joseph Quesnel | Feb 16, 2021 | Eye on New Brunswick, Eye on Newfoundland, Eye on NS, Eye on PEI, FREE content, Health, Politics/Law | 0

JOSEPH QUESNEL: After years of delays, mixed signals, lack of consultation and broken promises, delivery of safe drinking water systems is long overdue (FREE)