As Thanksgiving approaches, we are mindful, as Canadians and New Brunswickers we have so much to be thankful for. We are known as the picture province, so majestically shown each year with the changing of the leaves. More and more people are now discovering the best kept secret in the world-that New Brunswick is great […]
[Read More...]AFTER COVID – WHAT’S NEXT
OVERALL OBJECTIVE—TO FIND WAYS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE THE PROVINCE’S FISCAL SUSTAINABLE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL NEW BRUNSWICKERS It’s been quite a time in the history of mankind and planet Earth. The enemy is a virus that resulted in tragedy and suffering for millions of people around the world. The cost will […]
[Read More...]The World’s Leading Education Systems Are Responding
New Brunswick’s green paper on education stated, “Schools alone cannot meet the needs of industry nor match the pace of growth and change. Simply adding and installing infrastructure in schools will not respond to this need.” This was a call to action for business, industry, and community leaders to partner with education in extending our […]
[Read More...]NEW BRUNSWICK EDUCATION IS OUT OF SYNC WITH SOCIETAL CHANGING ECONOMY
People are our most important natural resource. This is a belief that is often lost in natural resource-based economies like New Brunswick’s, where logging, mining, blueberries and transfer payments rule. Fast-paced innovation and advancements in science and technology have resulted in a global shift to a knowledge-based economy, and we now have a disconnect between […]
[Read More...]VISIONS AND GOALS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
It is easy to write lofty words about the systemic problems within the current health care system, but not so easy to come up with pragmatic solutions. One of the problems in discussing and implementing reform is that we tend to get caught up in the weeds. When and if that happens, we start spinning […]
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