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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:22:12 -0400
Subject: Oh Bain Oh Bain Oh Bain Seems some ladies in New Brunswick must have their fancy knickers in a knot today N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
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Katherine D'Entremont Must Resign
target: The New Brunswick Provincial Government, Canada
New Brunswick requires an impartial an unbiased individual to ensure
fairness in both official languages. The more support we get to remove
this person the more likely it will happen.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-ca/701/526/227/katherine-dentremont-must-resign/
Katherine D'Entremont Must Resign
- target: The New Brunswick Provincial Government, Canada
6,875 SUPPORTERS
7,000 GOAL
New
Brunswick requires an impartial an unbiased individual to ensure
fairness in both official languages. The more support we get to remove
this person the more likely it will happen.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-bilingual-language-census-2016-1.4231814
New Brunswick bilingualism rate rises to 34%
Latest census figures on use of French in Canada raise concerns among some francophone groups
CBC News
Posted: Aug 02, 2017 1:05 PM AT
Katherine d’Entremont, New Brunswick's commissioner of
official languages, wants to analyze the census data before commenting,
her office says. (Jacques Poitras)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-bilingual-statistics-census-revised-1.4251045
New Brunswick less bilingual than reported, corrected census figures show
Statistics Canada releases new data after computer error involving mother tongue responses discovered
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News
Posted: Aug 17, 2017 2:12 PM AT
Statistics Canada released corrected figures from the 2016
census on Thursday after discovering a computer error that inflated the
number of English speakers in Quebec. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
About 249,950 New Brunswickers can speak both English and French, the revised 2016 census figures show.
That's about 500 fewer people than the data released on Aug. 2 indicated, said Jean-Pierre Corbeil, who is responsible for the agency's language statistics program.
There are about 1,100 more unilingual French-speakers (63,145), according the the corrected figures, he said.
But the proportion of the province's population that reports speaking both official languages remains relatively unchanged at 33.9 per cent, rather than 34 per cent.
The only time New Brunswick's bilingualism rate was higher was in 2001, when it stood at 34.2 per cent, said Corbeil.
- StatsCan releases updated language data following bungled census results
- New Brunswick bilingualism rate rises to 34%
The figures were recalculated after it was discovered that roughly 61,000 Canadians who reported French as their mother tongue were originally incorrectly classified as English speakers, Corbeil explained.
The language-related questions in the census are the only ones where the response categories are different on the English and French forms, he said.
English appears first on the English forms for questions about mother tongue, language spoken at home and knowledge of official languages, and French appears first on the French forms.
But the distinction was not taken into account by a new computer program used for followups on incomplete responses.
The order of language was flipped depending
on whether the form was filled out in French or English, leading to the
computer's counting error. (CBC)
Still, the census information helps inform government planning and funding decisions, Marc Hamel, director general of the census popular program, said at a technical briefing Thursday morning.
"So we want to make sure that people can rely on these results," he said.
Frédérick Dion, executive director of l'Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick, said he's pleased to see the New Brunswick errors were corrected.
"But I don't think the big picture really changed," he said.
Concerns about French language unchanged
Dion previously expressed concerns about the province's growing bilingualism rate, up from 33.2 per cent during the last census in 2011.
He still questioned whether the increase in bilingualism might be due to the gradual assimilation of francophones.
"We need to see who's more bilingual now," whether more anglophones are learning French, or more francophones are learning English, said Dion.
His group, which consists of 53 francophone and bilingual municipalities, representing nearly 300,000 people — more than a third of the province's population — now plans to take a closer look at the numbers and talk to the provincial and federal governments.
"They have a responsibility to help to improve the equality of languages in Canada and New Brunswick," he said.
The office of New Brunswick's Commissioner of Official Languages, Katherine d'Entremont, did not respond to a request for an interview.
On Aug. 2, spokesman Hugues Beaulieu told CBC News the office would "carefully analyze the data prior to commenting publicly."
The corrected number of New Brunswickers who reported speaking French-only last year was 63,145, or 8.6 per cent — down from 66,380, or nine per cent, in 2011.
The number of English-only respondents was 420,820, or 57.2 per cent, which also represents a decrease from 426,675, or 57.7 per cent, five years earlier.
In Quebec, the corrected census figures show the share of English-only speakers decreased to 7.5 per cent from 7.7 per cent in 2011 — not increased, as previously reported.
Quebec's bilingualism rate is also lower than was initially thought, at 44.5 per cent, not 44.9 per cent.
The share of Canadians who are bilingual is 17.9 per cent, rather than 18 per cent.
The computer errors came to light when a prominent Quebec demographer questioned the results
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-moncton-mayor-glyphosate-spraying-turtle-creek-1.4261653
"J.D.I. spokesperson Mary Keith says the company maintains a 3.2 kilometre distance from any drinking water inlets."
Need I say Pure D Bullshit?
Moncton mayor wants glyphosate spraying stopped near Turtle Creek
Turtle Creek reservoir supplies water to 100,000 residents in Greater Moncton area
By Kate Letterick, CBC News
Posted: Aug 25, 2017 6:00 AM AT
The Turtle Creek reservoir provides drinking water to
100,000 residents in the Greater Moncton area. (Radio Canada)
Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold wants the province to stop spraying
the controversial herbicide glyphosate near the Turtle Creek reservoir.
J. D. Irving plans to apply the herbicide to some areas in the Turtle Creek watershed, which provides drinking water to 100,000 residents.
Arnold sent a letter to the province outlining her concerns.
In her letter to the province, Arnold states that current regulations restricts aerial herbicide application within 3.2 kilometres from the point of extraction of any municipal surface water drinking supply.
"Although they appear to be located within the minimum setback distances, we have been informed that aerial herbicide application will be completed on several properties located within the Turtle Creek designated watershed boundary this summer," Arnold wrote.
Arnold said in an interview she's concerned because water is such a precious resource.
"I think it's part of a larger conversation that we all have to have about chemicals and our water. It's so important that we protect our watershed."
Riverview Mayor Ann Seamans said she was just made aware of the situation by Arnold.
"Obviously it is a great concern for Riverview to keep the water safe and we will do everything to support the city of Moncton to make sure that that happens," she said.
Glyphosate was listed as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, in 2015.
However, Health Canada said in April that glyphosate continues to be an important herbicide in Canadian agriculture. The agency said the potential risks to human health and the environment from pesticides containing glyphosate are acceptable, if used as directed in updated labels.
The New Brunswick Department of the Environment said herbicide application is regulated by both the federal and provincial governments and they work in partnership to ensure "safe and responsible application".
In a written statement to CBC, spokesperson Marc-Andre Chiasson said, "The City of Moncton samples the watershed during the herbicide spray and analyses for glyphosate. To date, the city has not presented any data to the Department indicating the presence of pesticides in these samples."
Chiasson went on to say the department was satisfied that glyphosate
products could be used safely "when used according to the label
directions as approved by Health Canada."
"We understand that there are some concerns about the safety of this product, but the Government of New Brunswick continues to rely on the expert evaluation and decisions from Health Canada to make decisions based on facts and scientific data," Chiasson said in the statement.
Arnold confirmed she received a response from Environment Minister Serge Rouselle, but said "he was very much embracing what the federal government had told him as far as the safety concerns for the glyphosate."
Arnold said she felt more discussion is needed.
"We're going to be meeting with the other mayors, perhaps even the regional service commission because this is a larger conversation that needs to take place," she said.
J.D.I. spokesperson Mary Keith says the company maintains a 3.2 kilometre distance from any drinking water inlets.
"The city does pre- and post-water testing and a representative from the city is present during the application of the glyphosate," said Keith in a written statement.
J. D. Irving plans to apply the herbicide to some areas in the Turtle Creek watershed, which provides drinking water to 100,000 residents.
Arnold sent a letter to the province outlining her concerns.
In her letter to the province, Arnold states that current regulations restricts aerial herbicide application within 3.2 kilometres from the point of extraction of any municipal surface water drinking supply.
- Critics, industry respond to glyphosate report
- California places popular N.B. herbicide on list of cancer-causing chemicals
- Glyphosate labels to change, Health Canada announces
"Although they appear to be located within the minimum setback distances, we have been informed that aerial herbicide application will be completed on several properties located within the Turtle Creek designated watershed boundary this summer," Arnold wrote.
Arnold said in an interview she's concerned because water is such a precious resource.
"I think it's part of a larger conversation that we all have to have about chemicals and our water. It's so important that we protect our watershed."
Riverview Mayor Ann Seamans said she was just made aware of the situation by Arnold.
"Obviously it is a great concern for Riverview to keep the water safe and we will do everything to support the city of Moncton to make sure that that happens," she said.
Province says it's 'safe and responsible'
Glyphosate was listed as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, in 2015.
However, Health Canada said in April that glyphosate continues to be an important herbicide in Canadian agriculture. The agency said the potential risks to human health and the environment from pesticides containing glyphosate are acceptable, if used as directed in updated labels.
The New Brunswick Department of the Environment said herbicide application is regulated by both the federal and provincial governments and they work in partnership to ensure "safe and responsible application".
In a written statement to CBC, spokesperson Marc-Andre Chiasson said, "The City of Moncton samples the watershed during the herbicide spray and analyses for glyphosate. To date, the city has not presented any data to the Department indicating the presence of pesticides in these samples."
Mayor Dawn Arnold says she wants the spraying to stop. (CBC)
"We understand that there are some concerns about the safety of this product, but the Government of New Brunswick continues to rely on the expert evaluation and decisions from Health Canada to make decisions based on facts and scientific data," Chiasson said in the statement.
Arnold confirmed she received a response from Environment Minister Serge Rouselle, but said "he was very much embracing what the federal government had told him as far as the safety concerns for the glyphosate."
Arnold said she felt more discussion is needed.
"We're going to be meeting with the other mayors, perhaps even the regional service commission because this is a larger conversation that needs to take place," she said.
J.D.I. spokesperson Mary Keith says the company maintains a 3.2 kilometre distance from any drinking water inlets.
"The city does pre- and post-water testing and a representative from the city is present during the application of the glyphosate," said Keith in a written statement.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/neb-energy-east-pipeline-project-changes-review-announcement-conservation-council-1.4258916
NEB pipeline review should delve deeper into Bay of Fundy impact, group says
Board says it will look at impact of upstream and downstream emissions from increased oil consumption
By Viola Pruss, CBC News
Posted: Aug 24, 2017 6:00 AM AT
Lois Corbett said the board skirted the issue when it only
considered the impact of shipping on the Bay of Fundy without looking
at the environmental impact added tanker volumes will have.
(CBC)
But executive director Lois Corbett said she's also given the National Energy Board a "thumbs down" for not considering more environmental impacts caused by the transport of oil across the region and the Bay of Fundy.
The NEB released a list of topics Wednesday that it plans to consider in its review of Energy East project — a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline from Alberta to Saint John.
'I don't understand why the NEB refused to acknowledge that any increase in super oil tanker traffic will have an impact on the Bay of Fundy.' - Lois Corbett, Conservation Council of New Brunswick
It will look at the effect of meeting greenhouse gas emission targets on the financial viability and need for the pipeline.
The NEB said it will also consider the impact of upstream and downstream emissions from potential increased consumption of oil, and the pipeline's effect on marine traffic in the Bay of Fundy.
"They went forward and said, with a bit of limitations, that they would indeed consider [greenhouse gas emissions] because climate change, carbon pollution is in the public interest," said Corbett.
"So it seems to me they got that right."
TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline would move crude from Alberta to the Atlantic. (Canadian Press)
'Skirted the issue'
However, Corbett said the NEB "skirted the issue" when it said it would look at the impact of more tankers arriving in the Bay of Fundy, without also considering the ships' potential environmental effects.
"If we are going to have an assessment that scientifically, from an evidence-based perspective, looks at the Bay of Fundy as an ecosystem, not just as the 401 for oil tankers, then they need to not fob it off on some voluntary review process, which the board said they would do," she said.
"I don't understand why the NEB refused to acknowledge that any increase in super oil tanker traffic will have an impact on the Bay of Fundy."
- Energy East Pipeline review topics to include upstream, downstream GHG emissions
- Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about the NEB hearings
Other criteria the NEB previously proposed for its review included whether new electricity generator will be needed to provide power to pipeline pumping stations, and the effect of oil spills.
The National Energy Board released a list of
topics Wednesday, which it plans to consider in its review of the
project — a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline from Alberta to Saint
John. (CBC)
"As a result, the assessment will provide more visibility to the evaluation of such scenarios, their potential consequences, the proposed mitigation and response measures, as well as the preventative programs aimed at reducing or eliminating risk factors," it said in a press release.
Public submissions
The NEB said it based its decision in part on 820 public submissions it received since last spring. But not everyone was likely to agree with it.
In a letter to the NEB, Irving Oil previously said a review of freighter traffic in the Bay of Fundy "may be unnecessary."
While freighter traffic will increase if the pipeline is built, marine shipping in the bay is already monitored by Transport Canada's Technical Review Process of Marine Terminal Systems and Transhipment Sites, it said.
Some of the oil would be refined at the
Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, but most would be shipped overseas
through an export terminal on the Bay of Fundy co-owned by Irving and
TransCanada Corp., the pipeline builder. (CBC)
The company said its customers will use "relatively the same" amount of fuel, and produce the same level of greenhouse gas emissions, whether Irving-refined oil comes through the Energy East pipeline from Alberta or from other sources in the U.S. or overseas.
TransCanada predicted as many as 281 large tankers per year will load oil from the pipeline.
Some of the oil would be refined at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John but most would be shipped overseas through an export terminal on the Bay of Fundy co-owned by Irving and TransCanada Corp., the pipeline builder.
NB Power said in its response to the panel that there would need to be new transmission lines to power the pumping stations. Those lines would require a provincial environmental impact assessment, the utility said.
Review previously suspended
The NEB review was suspended last year after protesters interrupted hearings in Montreal.
A month later, the three-member review panel recused itself after it was revealed two members had discussed the project with Jean Charest, a former Quebec premier and a consultant for TransCanada.
- NEB panel members step down after flurry of criticism
- Energy East pipeline's chances of being built doubted after panel quits
The new NEB panel will now invite public comment on the completeness of TransCanada's applications before issuing a hearing schedule.
Its assessment will cover a broad range of topics, including Indigenous participation, landowner and municipal considerations, environmental effects and socio-economic factors.
"Today's decision establishes the foundations for a thorough assessment based on science, traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples, and other relevant evidence," it said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-dentist-says-tax-changes-punishes-women-1.4253661
'I'm back in the 1950s': Saint John dentist says proposed tax changes punish women
Change proposed by federal government closes a loophole involving 'passive investment income'
By Joseph Tunney, CBC News
Posted: Aug 21, 2017 7:00 AM AT
Kelly Keys Manning, a small business owner and dentist,
says she feels she can't recommend her daughters to pursue a similar
career path as she did. (Joseph Tunney/CBC)
A Saint John dentist and small business owner says she feels
tax changes Finance Minister Bill Morneau proposed earlier this month
unfairly target her for being a female entrepreneur.
"At 50, I'm just starting my retirement savings. I've worked part-time while my kids were raised, had no maternity leave or benefits," Kelly Keyes Manning wrote in a post online. "I'm 10 years behind my male classmates, having the same student loan debt and little income for the first 10 years of practice."
One of Morneau's proposed changes closes what he sees as a loophole involving "passive investment income." The government describes this as money invested in a corporation for uses other than growing the company.
Money invested this way is taxed at a lower rate, and a business owner can receive dividends from owning stock in the company.
For the minister, this tax break is unfair in that it gives a special tax break for highly-paid professionals who own their own businesses, such as physicians, dentists and lawyers. Morneau said his aim is to make it so that "two people living side by side should be paying roughly the same amount of tax."
"That's our goal," he said earlier this summer on CBC's The House. "We're not going to change our mind."
"Our goal is, as I said, to make sure the benefits of growth for our economy go to all sections of our economy, not disprortionately favour some."
But many small business owners, like Manning, rely upon passive investment income for retirement.
It's also not hidden from the government, she said, but in retirement she'll be in a lower income bracket and taxed at a lower rate.
Many business owners say government protection exists for employees of a company, but not for people who become their own boss.
While the money invested by the business owner in the corporation is taxed at a lower rate, they argue it allows them to save for the future and provide all the types of coverage normal employees benefit from.
The Canadian Dental Association says it's studying what was proposed and will submit a formal response.
"Such changes, if they were to proceed as proposed, could have a profound impact on all small businesses, including dental offices," its website states.
"It's important to note that the government has not created new legislation yet, though they have shared draft legislation as part of the consultation package. There is still time to influence the eventual legislation before it is introduced in the House of Commons in the fall or winter."
Likewise, a Change.org petition to stop the changes has accrued more than 26,000 signatures.
Manning said as a woman she's had to make extra sacrifices. For example, there is no paid maternity leave for self-employed business owners.
Her first decade in the workforce required her to work part-time, pay back eight years of student loans and raise children.
But, despite being 10 years behind, she says she thought she was OK.
Now she's not so sure.
"I'll be left with a very meagre RRSP and probably won't be able to retire before 75," she said. "I don't want to rely on my husbands' portfolio … why did I work so hard?"
Manning feels it's ironic to learn of the proposed changes from the government of the prime minister who describes himself as a feminist.
Instead of empowered, she says she feels like telling her daughters to marry rich.
"I employ six other women in my office," she said. "At this point, I can't encourage my daughters to take the same route as an independent professional. I feel very defeated."
"It feels very regressive. I feel like I'm back in the 1950s."
"At 50, I'm just starting my retirement savings. I've worked part-time while my kids were raised, had no maternity leave or benefits," Kelly Keyes Manning wrote in a post online. "I'm 10 years behind my male classmates, having the same student loan debt and little income for the first 10 years of practice."
One of Morneau's proposed changes closes what he sees as a loophole involving "passive investment income." The government describes this as money invested in a corporation for uses other than growing the company.
Money invested this way is taxed at a lower rate, and a business owner can receive dividends from owning stock in the company.
For the minister, this tax break is unfair in that it gives a special tax break for highly-paid professionals who own their own businesses, such as physicians, dentists and lawyers. Morneau said his aim is to make it so that "two people living side by side should be paying roughly the same amount of tax."
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau said his
goal is to make it so that "two people living side by side should be
paying roughly the same amount of tax.” (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"Our goal is, as I said, to make sure the benefits of growth for our economy go to all sections of our economy, not disprortionately favour some."
Retirement fund
But many small business owners, like Manning, rely upon passive investment income for retirement.
It's also not hidden from the government, she said, but in retirement she'll be in a lower income bracket and taxed at a lower rate.
Many business owners say government protection exists for employees of a company, but not for people who become their own boss.
While the money invested by the business owner in the corporation is taxed at a lower rate, they argue it allows them to save for the future and provide all the types of coverage normal employees benefit from.
The Canadian Dental Association says it's studying what was proposed and will submit a formal response.
"Such changes, if they were to proceed as proposed, could have a profound impact on all small businesses, including dental offices," its website states.
"It's important to note that the government has not created new legislation yet, though they have shared draft legislation as part of the consultation package. There is still time to influence the eventual legislation before it is introduced in the House of Commons in the fall or winter."
Likewise, a Change.org petition to stop the changes has accrued more than 26,000 signatures.
Extra sacrifices
Manning said as a woman she's had to make extra sacrifices. For example, there is no paid maternity leave for self-employed business owners.
Her first decade in the workforce required her to work part-time, pay back eight years of student loans and raise children.
But, despite being 10 years behind, she says she thought she was OK.
Now she's not so sure.
"I'll be left with a very meagre RRSP and probably won't be able to retire before 75," she said. "I don't want to rely on my husbands' portfolio … why did I work so hard?"
Manning feels it's ironic to learn of the proposed changes from the government of the prime minister who describes himself as a feminist.
Instead of empowered, she says she feels like telling her daughters to marry rich.
"I employ six other women in my office," she said. "At this point, I can't encourage my daughters to take the same route as an independent professional. I feel very defeated."
"It feels very regressive. I feel like I'm back in the 1950s."
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