LITERACY IN NEW BRUNSWICK New Brunswick is facing a literacy challenge. The home of masters of the written word such as Alden Nowlan, Bliss Carmen, Antonine Maillet, Hermenegilde Chiasson, Sheree Fitch and David Adams Richards has over half its citizens unable to meet literacy requirements of today’s world. The wonderful stories written by the storytellers […]
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Energy
ENERGY AUGUST 2018 DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ECONOMIC WELL-BEING Over the last decade, perhaps no public policy question has created as much discord in New Brunswick as “energy”. Virtually everyone wants to see better services and outcomes in “health” and “education”; however, there are widely divergent opinions on energy. While […]
Something’s Gotta Give!
A more than $13B red ink mess with no end in sight Les Smith Commentary The Daily Gleaner November 2, 2016 Finance Minister Cathy Rogers predicts the deficit will be erased in four years. Photo: James West/The Daily Gleaner Something’s gotta give! No, it’s not the Hollywood movie starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton that […]
New Governance Approaches
The Province of NB is in trouble on many fronts as outlined on the website of the Coalition. It is clear that traditional approaches to governance of the province have not served the province well in the last two decades. The world has changed, international markets and the economy have changed, other provinces are growing […]
New Brunswick Deserves Better From it’s Government
My name is John Mallory. I have lived and worked in New Brunswick all my life. I spent my whole career working for the Province of New Brunswick, and for the last 15 years in the public service, I served as Deputy Minister of Finance under Liberal and Conservative Governments. When I retired at the […]