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Come Clean On Blood Coal

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-05-06 12:32.

By Pat Hanratty

On March 22nd, 2008, Adolfo Gonzalez Montes, was murdered. He was a worker at the Cerrejon Coal Mine in Colombia, and also a union leader with the National Union of Coal Mine Workers. He left behind a wife and four children.

Montes is one of 2510 union officials who have been killed or have disappeared in Colombia in the last ten years. Many others continue to be watched and harassed on a regular basis.

What connection does Adolfo Gonzalez Montes have to do with New Brunswick?

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Which Side is the Premier On?

Submitted by D Brown on Wed, 2008-04-09 23:43.

By Dana R. Brown

As leader of the official opposition in 2005, Shawn Graham made a commitment to establish a public auto insurance system in New Brunswick. It seems that this priority has fallen off the Liberal agenda once in power. This pledge to provide public auto insurance wasn't just an empty promise of its leader, it was and still is the will of the Party as it was passed as a resolution at the New Brunswick Liberal Party Biennial Convention in 2005.

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Liberals engage in political double-speak to sell private health care to New Brunswickers.

Submitted by gcox on Thu, 2007-05-03 19:36.

Once again we see that the current NB Liberal Government does not understand the word 'democracy', nor does it understand that it is expected to govern in the interests of the people, not private business.

By the Editors of The Citizens' Press

Mike Murphy, the once President of the New Brunswick Liberal Association (A.K.A. the Liberal Party of New Brunswick), now private insurance lawyer, has seemed to have found the perfect place in government to increase business for lawyers: become Minister of Health and promote the privatisation of NB Health Care.

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NB Liberal Party Needs a Sober Second Thought

Submitted by gcox on Sat, 2007-03-17 11:43.

By the Editors of The Citizens' Press

The New Brunswick Liberal Party needs a sober second thought before putting the fate of the NB economy in the hands of the current cabal of neo-liberal ideologues and quack economists of the NB Self Sufficiency Task Force. The Task Force has gone off the road with its new proposal to get quick cash for policies that New Brunswickers reject.

New Brunswickers need a real job creation strategy, not some loony ideas from a task-force that seems only to be able to dream up new ways of taxing the working people of the province. The latest edition from the Self-Sufficiency Task Force on selling NB Liquor Bonds is yet another half thought-out plan to get money to pay for lavish, costly, and unnecessary infrastructure projects. A real made in New Brunswick solution should not equate with selling our economy down the river in a way that will lock in New Brunswick tax-payers into what amounts to a long-term debt-repayment scheme.

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Process used by Self-Sufficiency Task Force Undemocratic -- Press Release

Submitted by gcox on Tue, 2007-03-06 13:11.

Citizens of New Brunswick deserve an open debate about their future.

N.B., Also available in audio format: Listen here.

“A task force charged to solve a particularly complex problem is generally comprised of individuals representing a variety of perspectives, expertise and experience and it engages in broad public consultation to inform its deliberations. A report with recommendations comes at the end of a thoughtful, inclusive process, and reflects as much as possible a consensus of thinking among its diverse members, influenced by what they have heard from the public.” – Janice Harvey, Telegraph-Journal column, February 21, 2007

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Francis of Atlantica

Submitted by c.fournier on Sun, 2007-02-04 23:21.

By Charles Fournier

Francis McGuire, member of New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham’s Self-Sufficiency Task Force, startled the people of New Brunswick with his views on the future development of this Province. With emphasis on allowing rural communities to depopulate and commercial development as the economic engine in the cities, his vision touched off a visceral reaction among New Brunswickers. It was almost as if he had declared a whole way of life obsolete. Families who have made their living by directly interacting with the land and forest for generations were forced to face the possibility that their children may not be able to do the same, even if they want to.

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Dr. Ed Doherty gives tough medicine to N.B. working poor, pretends it's candy.

Submitted by D Brown on Thu, 2006-12-07 19:46.

By Dana R. Brown

The news article appearing in last Saturday’s Daily Gleaner issue, 2 December 2006, entitled “Minimum wage to reach $7.25 next year” left me angry but not surprised. This article reported that Post- Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister, Ed Doherty, announced a minimum wage increase to $7.00 per hour on 1 January 2007, and another increase on 1 July 2007, to $7.25 per hour. Ed Doherty stated that “it will make a huge difference in the lives of the many people living on minimum wage” and that this will provide as an “opportunity” to improve living standards. The Liberal party of New Brunswick is apparently very excited by these changes as it is part of their plan to make N. B. “self sufficient” by 2025. Doherty also stated that businesses appreciate the Liberal government taking recommendations from the Minimum Wage board, rather than making a “political decision”.

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A Response to Tanner Philips' "Imperial America: A good thing"

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2006-11-18 13:39.

By J. A. Penn and Martin Wallace

We feel we must respond to the bigoted rant of an apologist of US imperialism that appeared in the 8 November 2006 edition of the University of New Brunswick's student newspaper, The Brunswickan, entitled "Imperial America: A good thing" by Tanner Philips.


While we agree with Philips' statements that the "US is an aggressive imperial power intent on maintaining its own global dominance" we drastically differ where Pax Americana elicits praise from Philips. We feel that most rational people may prefer to assume a more critical stance. We would also suggest that it is time for a proper "Reality Check" that is not based on a world view that has been framed through reading too many Tom Clancy and Jack Higgins novels.

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Rally for Choice Speech: Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Center

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2006-08-28 10:42.

By the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre

NB: Speech delivered by Krystal Payne, August 2006, at a Pro Choice demonstration in Fredericton, NB. The demonstration was planned and organized by the Access to Options Committee of the Fredericton Social Network.

Thanks for the kind words of introduction. I wish I could say I am happy to be here as a representative of the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Center, but I am not. I am disappointed that we all need to be here. I am disappointed that we need to have a rally to point out that women’s constitutional rights are being ignored by the people that we have elected to represent us. I am heartsick that we need to have a rally to remind our Minister of Health that Regulation 84-20 Schedule 2 (a.1) of the New Brunswick Medical Services Payment Act Violates all five principles of the Canada Health Act:

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Harper's Hollow Promise Doesn't Stop Attacks on Abortion Rights

Submitted by D Brown on Tue, 2006-08-01 09:30.

By Joyce Arthur and Carolyn Egan, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

During January's federal election campaign, Stephen Harper promised not to legislate on abortion. Unfortunately, this has not deterred the anti-abortion movement, certain Members of Parliament, or some media commentators. Since Harper became Prime Minister, at least six major newspapers across Canada have published editorials or op-eds calling for a new abortion law in Canada.[1] In May, thousands of anti-abortionists and over a dozen MPs staged a demonstration on Parliament Hill calling for the abortion issue to be re-opened so they could pass restrictions against abortion.[2] Two bills have been introduced since then by anti-abortion MPs: a "fetal homicide" bill that would have opened the door to banning abortion by bestowing legal personhood on fetuses[3] (the bill was tossed out as unconstitutional in May), and a bill to criminalize women's healthcare by banning abortions after 20 weeks gestation.[4]

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