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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:24:13 -0400
Subject: YO Higgy say hey to your sneaky CBC buddies for me will ya???
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Methinks folks have the right to read what a very corrupt Crown Corp
does not want them to read Nesy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.
Monday, 20 December 2021
Nurse practitioners fear for patients amid clinic closures,
redeployment to COVID test sites
Laurie Savage
Uptown Health Clinic in Saint John is the absolute best care my father
has ever received. They are amazing, brilliant, and genuinely care. I
am forever grateful for these people and I know for certain that are
worried about their patients.
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Laurie Savage: I wonder if they a refill my prescriptions
because my Family Doctor retired again.
Michael Lambert
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Some good news: Novavax, the first protein based vaccine, has received
WHO and EMA approval. If Canada can quickly approve, I would expect
our vaccination rate would rise significantly as many vaccine hesitant
have been waiting for the more traditional vaccines.
Marc Bourque
Content deactivated
Reply to @Michael Lambert: the anti gang will still refuse as they
believe it’s a world wide move to enslave them.
Johnny Lawrence
Content deactivated
Reply to @Michael Lambert: anti-vaxxers will simply move on to the
next conspiracy as to why they should not take the vaxx. Each time
something they argue is disproved they find another conspiracy to
cling to. I am hoping I am wrong this time around since a more
traditional vaxx might appease at least some of them.
David Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: So you say
Johnny Lawrence
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Reply to @David Amos: so I read on these boards on a daily basis.
David Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: I had been blocked for 6 months Hence you
read nothing I have stated until last week Correct???
David Amos
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Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Methinks if you have been reading this
forum since 2015 then you know of my 7 runs for public office and more
importantly the lawsuit I filed in 2015 Corret? Anybody with two clues
between their ears should deny the fact that Higgy was incredibly dumb
to send me butter tarts instead of a Health Care Card N'esy Pas???
https://davidraymondamos3.
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Higgs won't throw in the towel, despite discouraging 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Stephanie Haslam
Everyone needs to read this and let their MLA and the minister
proposing the bill know that we do not want it. This is part of the
mandate mentioned in the article, and we will soon be in the same boat
as Nova Scotians with two sets of executives and unbridled costs to
pay. Majority governments and the party system are bad for the people.
This is going through unless people do something about it.
https://www.legnb.ca/content/
Michael Cain
Reply to @Stephanie Haslam: sounds like they plan on bankrupting NB Power
Matt Adams
Reply to @Michael Cain: hopefully. NB Power is a disaster.
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Stephanie Haslam: I did my best to expose the obvious malice
while the media never mentioned it
Nicholas Hale
Reply to @David Amos: Vickers being in charge of the province would be
a joke, if you want to talk jests.
Don't get me wrong, red or blue this province is owned by one entity
and anyone who wants to operate in politics here must bow to
them...but at least Higgs has political acumen and good fiscal sense.
Vickers would have been a disaster, and even more of a puppet than
Brian Gallant.
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Nicholas Hale: Higgy et al know byway of my lawsuit filed in
2015 that since 2004 Vickers assisted in having me barred from
parliamentary proprieties all over Canada
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Nicholas Hale: Too bad so sad that you could not read my reply
Alexander Blake
Reply to @John Montgomery: Because you disagree with him? I don't
think that's called democracy
David Amos
Reply to @Alexander Blake: Democracy is a myth
Alexander Blake
Reply to @David Amos: Really? How so? Enlighten us....
David Amos
Reply to @Alexander Blake: If you truly believe in democracy then why
not use your real name in this domain and put it on a ballot as well?
Gerald Celente
Reply to @David Amos: In North America for sure it's an illusion at best.
David Amos
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Reply to @Gerald Celente: Trust that Higgy et al know that I have
experienced the illusion first hand on both sides of the Medicine Line
since the Queen signed Trudreau The Elder's questionable Charter in
1982
David Amos
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Reply to @Gerald Celente: Too bad so sad that you could not read my reply
Steve Gordon
I certainly hope is isn’t considering retirement any time soon. He is
by far the best Premier NB has had in a very long time. Last thing we
need is another liberal coming in and spending another few billions of
borrowed money.
Greg Miller
Reply to @Steve Gordon: Agreed, agreed, agreed!!!
David Amos
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Reply to @Greg Miller @Steve Gordon Best that you dudes back away from
the blue kool-aid for a while
John Grail
Reply to @Steve Gordon: What you talking about? NB has never been
segregated like this.
Michel Forgeron
I have to admire people who admit their errors, even if it's sometimes
a bit late. Good on ya Mr. Premier.
David Amos
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Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Say Hey to your hero Higgy for me will ya?
Jerry Dion
Looks like nothing changes for NB once again, get mad at the PCs, vote
liberals, get mad at the liberals, vote PC.
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Jerry Dion: Have you noticed the Yuletide Season has not
been the same since Higgy and his buddies in the PANB seized the
reigns of power???
David Amos
Methinks folks should compare this interview to that of Higgy's
blogger buddy N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Enjoy
Mad Blogger finds someone to calm him down.....
314 views
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Charles Leblanc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-2021-year-end-1.6292795
Higgs won't throw in the towel, despite discouraging 2021
Premier says with a long policy to-do list, he has no plans to retire soon
In a year-end interview, Higgs says while soaring case counts, voter anger and plunging poll numbers are discouraging, he has no interest in retiring early and will continue working through his to-do list in 2022 and beyond.
"I don't know if I'm looking like I'm getting tired of being premier or what," he said. "But no, it hasn't affected my duration, at least as far as my motivation to continue on with some of the major files that we're working on."
Nor would his COVID-19 troubles influence his decision on whether to seek another mandate in 2024, when he'll be 70 years old.
"It's not going to play a role in my decision in that regard, and I obviously haven't made any decisions in that regard," he said.
The premier also defended his handling of COVID-19, an approach that was praised early in the pandemic but that has drawn criticism since the late summer, when cases began increasing after a full reopening July 30.
New
Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs getting his second dose of the
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in June of this year, being
administered by Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief medical officer of
health. While praised for his early efforts to control COVID-19, the
last months of 2021 have not been as kind to the premier. (Stephen MacGillivray/The Canadian Press)
Higgs has acknowledged the lifting of all restrictions happened too early, declaring in October that "we may have made mistakes along the way" but insisting the decisions were based on the best information available at the time.
"We work together as a team to put the full package together that we think is in the best interests," he said in the CBC year-end interview.
"It isn't a unilateral decision, it isn't something where I throw darts at a wall and try to say, 'Well, will this work?' It's done through a basis of calculations to minimize risk."
On Oct. 21, the premier held a downbeat news conference where he sounded dejected about rising COVID numbers and reaching the grim milestone of 100 deaths.
"It is extremely hard to come to terms with the fact that COVID is here to stay," he said morosely. The pandemic that began little more than a year after he became premier had "consumed our mandate," he added.
He also complained about being the target of nasty comments.
"We all can become demoralized. We are all COVID-tired. But the individual comments do matter. They hurt. They hurt my team. They hurt myself. They hurt my family. They hurt our ability to get up and carry on as we must."
Premier
Blaine Higgs arrives at the Canadian Union of Public Employees' news
conference at the foot of the legislature in early November. Difficult
negotiations with many CUPE locals created a tense labour situation in
the province this fall. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Higgs complained again in November during a two-week strike by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. He said being premier "is not a fun job and I'm not making it any more pleasant with what I'm going through right now."
But in the Dec. 15 year-end interview he sounded more upbeat, pointing to balanced budgets, the passage of local government reform and a new health plan as solid achievements.
COVID "definitely takes some time and consumes energy, but it's not detracting me from what our major initiatives are," he said.
Still on his to-do list are education reform to provide "more local involvement" and Indigenous issues, including defending the province against a title claim by Wolastoqey chiefs that he claims could affect all landowners in their traditional territory.
Higgs didn't rule out departing ahead of the next election, saying he doesn't want to be a drag on the party if it looks like his presence might help the Liberals win in 2024.
Three different polling firms have shown a drop in the premier's popularity since the summer and two have put the Liberals in first place in voting intentions.
Premier
Blaine Higgs, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn and St. Mary's
First Nation Chief Allan Polchies. The Higgs government has had a rocky
relationship with First Nations. (Shane Fowler)
"I'm not concerned at all with polls in the first year of our mandate," he said. "That's not unusual when governments make decisions and things are noisy, especially with the pandemic in the midst of it all."
He said he doesn't believe his caucus is "anxious" about the polls. But he added that if things still look bleak closer to the next election he'll have to consider how to safeguard his legacy.
"We are seeing New Brunswick being put on the map and I don't want to lose that momentum, and I can think of nothing more to squelch that momentum than a Liberal government," he said.
"We'll do what's necessary to avoid that."
Forestry deal wouldn't head off title claim, Higgs says
Higgs said in the year-end interview he doesn't think forestry co-management and revenue-sharing would be enough to avoid a long legal battle with Wolastoqey chiefs over land title.
"They're two very different things," he said. "We're talking a monumental difference of a revenue source."
When the government cancelled gas-tax-revenue deals with First Nations in April, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn said a more "modern" approach would have the province and bands share revenues from forestry and mining operations in traditional territory.
Chief
Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and her fellow
Wolastoqey chiefs have launched a title claim that Premier Blaine Higgs
doubts can be stopped by the negotiation of mining and forestry
royalties. (Logan Perley/CBC)
The province already has an agreement that allocates First Nations five per cent of the annual allowable cut on Crown land.
Chiefs have said they've approached the province about negotiating a more generous agreement but to no avail.
"It's pretty hard to have a meaningful discussion on forestry revenues and royalties, while at the same time you're being sued for the very land you walk on," Higgs said.
And he said he has no faith that a better wood agreement would persuade the chiefs to drop the title claim.
The premier says Madawaska First Nation Chief Patricia Bernard told him when he was finance minister almost a decade ago "that she would be coming to take ownership back of the province."
Bernard said last month that the title claim would not affect any landowners beyond the federal government, the province, five large forestry companies and N.B. Power.
Premier has 'evolved' on climate action
Higgs says he believes that carbon pricing is the reason Irving Oil announced in August that it was working with Calgary-based TC Energy with a goal of "decarbonizing current assets and deploying emerging technologies to reduce overall emissions."
The company, whose Saint John refinery is often the province's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, did not provide any targets or deadlines for reductions.
Higgs said he wasn't aware of any targets either but that the company had seen the writing on the wall with a global push to slow climate change through policies including carbon taxes.
"I think what they're looking at is the pricing model [and] the impact on on the operation going forward," he said. "They have to do something in order to be able to stay in the game.
"I think they recognize the costs of operation compared to the price on carbon and the rules and regulations on emissions will force changes in the operation in order to manage emissions and thus manage costs."
Higgs
said he accepts that N.B. Power will have to stop burning coal in 2030,
and he believes large industry is also evolving with the realities of
carbon pricing and climate change. (NB Power)
Higgs himself continued his evolution on climate issues in 2021.
He accepted Ottawa's decision to force N.B. Power to abandon burning coal at its Belledune power plant by 2030 and he further entrenched the provincial carbon tax forced on him by federal policy.
"We've all evolved with it," Higgs said. "Whether their industries are being forced to change or not is not a debate anymore, because if you're going to be in business, you've got to change."
A proposed iron processing plant for Belledune that would have blown past provincial emissions targets "is not acceptable anymore," he said.
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David Amos
Methinks folks should compare this interview to that of Higgy's blogger buddy N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Enjoy
Mad Blogger finds someone to calm him down.....
314 views
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Charles Leblanc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To8fzwkCLM&t=158s&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzcJGhzExPE&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09mQ49S2ecw&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
Mad Blogger finds someone to calm him down.....
314 views
Dec 20, 2021
Charles Leblanc
2.18K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To8fzwkCLM&t=158s&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzcJGhzExPE&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTGsoaXJWKU&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09mQ49S2ecw&ab_channel=CharlesLeblanc
Graham MacNab
"..no plans to retire soon". That's unfortunate.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Graham MacNab: not for NBers.
Dan Lee
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence:
Nope because there is a sucker born every minute
Nope because there is a sucker born every minute
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Dan Lee: I will not ague your vast experience on the subject.
Dan Lee
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence:
so you agree..................yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
so you agree..................yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Alexander Blake
Reply to @Dan Lee: OMG - are you for real? Did you not understand his comment?
Greg Miller
Reply to @Graham
MacNab: Ok so who are you going to replace him with? It's not like
there a pile of capable political geniuses in the Province.
David Amos
Reply to @Alexander Blake: I did
Raymond Leger
New Brunswick has a bad case of the Higgs!
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Raymond Leger: you tell em drivel king.
Raymond Leger
Bla bla bla
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Raymond Leger: and the drivel continues.
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: So says the Drivel King
Harvey
York
Reply to @David Amos: There's no person alive that could unseat you from that throne Davie
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey
York: Everybody knows your buddy the Butter Tart Man takes the cake in
that regard In fact I thought you were he for quite sometime
Michel
Forgeron
I have to admire people who admit their errors, even if it's sometimes a bit late. Good on ya Mr. Premier.
Pete
Parent
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: in reality he never said it was his fault....he admits
but...there is always a but ...he still does not take responsiblity..he
blamed it on the information available at the time...the info was there,
he just ignored it . not the same.
Graeme Scott
Reply to @Pete
Parent: He said it was a mistake in hindsight but given the information
he had at the time it seemed a reasonable move. At the time there were
arguments for and against. In retrospect he made the wrong choice.
Nobody is right all the time. I think on balance he has made more good
choices than bad during the past 20+months.
David Amos
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Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Say Hey to your hero Higgy for me will ya?
John Grail
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: He hasn't admitted anything
Jerry Dion
Looks like nothing changes for NB once again, get mad at the PCs, vote liberals, get mad at the liberals, vote PC.
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Jerry Dion: Have you noticed the Yuletide Season has not been the same since Higgy and his buddies in the PANB seized the reigns of power???
Doug Ermen
Thank you Higgs for
the huge mess you and your cronies made and continue to make. The damage
will take decades to repair I'm sure, then again, NB was in a downward
spiral even before your incompetent self took the reins.
Matt Adams
Reply to @Doug Ermen: Please indicate what party would have done better and how they would have done things differently?
Jake Quinlan
Reply to @Matt Adams:
How many good leaders (that are humble, intelligent, have a spine but
have some compassion, worldly but in touch locally) are out there but
the politics landscape is such that they don't want to go near it with a
10 foot pole. Unfortunate.
Doug Ermen
Reply to @Matt Adams:
Some radical changes need to be made on how governments are run. People
need to be held accountable for their actions and they and we need to
be re-educated on what true democracy is. Is honesty too much to ask of
someone?
Doug Ermen
Reply to @Doug Ermen: my apologies if I sound jaded.
David Amos
Reply to @Doug Ermen: No need to apologize Methinks most of the folks who do not bother to vote agree with you N'esy Pas?
Troy Murray
Why would he? His main opposition is the writer of this article.
Alexander Blake
Reply to @Troy Murray: So true
Dan Lee
Reply to @Alexander Blake:
But it hurts.......sniff................
But it hurts.......sniff................
David Amos
Reply to @Troy Murray: LMAO
Stephanie Haslam
Everyone needs to
read this and let their MLA and the minister proposing the bill know
that we do not want it. This is part of the mandate mentioned in the
article, and we will soon be in the same boat as Nova Scotians with two
sets of executives and unbridled costs to pay. Majority governments and
the party system are bad for the people. This is going through unless
people do something about it. https://www.legnb.ca/content/house_business/60/1/bills/Bill-77.pdf
Michael Cain
Reply to @Stephanie Haslam: sounds like they plan on bankrupting NB Power
Matt Adams
Reply to @Michael Cain: hopefully. NB Power is a disaster.
David Amos
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Reply to @Stephanie Haslam: I did my best to expose the obvious malice while the media never mentioned it
Pete
Parent
He still refuses to
take responsibility for his reckless act of going green too early last
summer....He acknowedges a mistake was made..but..he always has a
but....he says it was based on the information available at the
time....he is blaming someone else , although we dont know who it was
because he does not even say where he got that supposed info and then
has the audicity to complain saying that peoples comments about him
hurt.
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @Pete
Parent: I guess you can read into it what you want, but I think he has
acknowledged it was a mistake. Even so, if he came out tomorrow and did a
full on falling on his sword apology, would you feel better then? Will
it make COVID go away?
John Lawrence
Reply to @Pete
Parent: his job as premier is easier than working for Irving…now he just
works with them. His science was Jason Kenney’s science so he knew in
advance what was going down. Facts
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Pete Parent: what happened in the summer had ZERO bearing on issues with the virus this fall, ZERO.
Pete
Parent
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: acknowledging a mistake was made but blaming it on info he says
he recieved at the time ,wich he cant provide, is deflecting from his
own mistakes.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Pete
Parent: actually they made a bad guess, thinking that the rate of
vaccinations would continue; Russell was talking about Delta in April as
the new threat, and to drop all restrictions was way out of touch
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Why not argue your namesake???
Steve Gordon
I certainly hope is
isn’t considering retirement any time soon. He is by far the best
Premier NB has had in a very long time. Last thing we need is another
liberal coming in and spending another few billions of borrowed money.
Greg Miller
Reply to @Steve Gordon: Agreed, agreed, agreed!!!
David Amos
Content deactivated
Reply to @Greg Miller @Steve Gordon Best that you dudes back away from the blue kool-aid for a while
John Grail
Reply to @Steve Gordon: What you talking about? NB has never been segregated like this.
Johnny
Lawrence
I would hope not, any
issues with the virus have been out of his control and we have done as
well or better than most jurisdictions. We are better off financially
than most places and he continues to make more right decisions than
wrong and stats and facts back that up. What a mess this place would
have been with any other party at the control, a very scary thought.
Richard Ames
Reply to @Johnny
Lawrence: I
have been very critical of Higgs, and I really feel that way. I would
have been very critical of any provincial government during this
pandemic. But I will give him credit here.
You are spot on about the finances. He managed to keep his cabinet disciplined during the pandemic and not go on a spending spree just because every other government was going on a spending spree. I am not sure who I will vote for during the next election, but the fact that our finances have not been destroyed will be the PC Party's silver lining to me.
You are spot on about the finances. He managed to keep his cabinet disciplined during the pandemic and not go on a spending spree just because every other government was going on a spending spree. I am not sure who I will vote for during the next election, but the fact that our finances have not been destroyed will be the PC Party's silver lining to me.
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: knock it off with the facts and common sense no one want to hear that ;-)
David Amos
Reply to @Samual Johnston: For once we agree
Graeme
Scott
No doubt there have
been missteps (Aug 1 all at once reopening comes to mind) but overall
Higgs has done as well as any leader and better than a lot of them
dealing with Covid. Look at our next door neighbours on Maine....less
than 2x the population but 10x the daily Covid cases right now....or
Manitoba....1.6x the pop but nearly 10x the deaths. Yes, we stumbled
this fall but compared to much of the world NB has been one of the
safest places to ride out this pandemic.
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @Graeme
Scott: Agreed. I don't understand the reference to "soaring case counts"
in NB? Just look to NS if you want to see those.
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Ashleigh Mcsanderson: So what, exactly how is that anything to do with Higgs or this article?
David Amos
Reply to @JOhn D Bond: It appears that we will never know
Alexander
Blake
I feel fairly
confident, we would have been much worse off if Melanson had been in
charge. And of course, the ironic thing, is that the same people would
be here criticizing him as well.
DJ Redfearn
Reply to @Alexander Blake:
Worry pas ta brain, if we get over this Covid thing people on here will find a new cause to rave on about....
Worry pas ta brain, if we get over this Covid thing people on here will find a new cause to rave on about....
Roland Stewart
Reply to @Alexander Blake: Lol your right but I know one area that would have been better off.
Greg Miller
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: My biggest disappointment with the Higgs government is the
inconsistency of handling the Covid issue. First the Province handled
this admirably until the tide turned in July then "fly by the seat of
its pants"! But seriously folks who out there in the Province's
political arena would have done better?
Matt Adams
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: but the empty stadiums from the hundreds of millions of $ we
spent on the Francophone games would have been pretty. Probably would
have ended up being a glamourous vaccination site!
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Matt Adams: "the hundreds of millions of $" were never spent, the Games were cancelled.
David Amos
Reply to @DJ Redfearn: Yup
Ashleigh Mcsanderson
I realith that this thucks
David Amos
Reply to @Ashleigh Mcsanderson: I second that emotion
Bill Henry
Why would a person take all this on in his golden years? Go relax on a beach and enjoy your life.
Matt
Steele
Reply to @Bill Henry:
....Premier Higgs seems to have a very strong work ethic , and the
desire to make N.B. a better place ; he doesn't strike me as a sitting
on the beach type of person .
Bill Hamilton
Reply to @Matt
Steele: Agree100%. If only we had more people with Higgs work ethic and
willingness to do what he thinks is correct, rather than catering to
narrow minded short term wishes of most voters.
Samual
Johnston
Reply to @Bill Henry:
what we need is people who do not care about getting reelected -- they
can make the hard decisions if the 'party' does not get in the way. So
far he seems willing to do that and in most cases it will take an
established secure senior to do it.
Bill Hamilton
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: Agree. The one thing that Higgs has yet to do is to come down
on some of the tax and stumpage gifts the governments of both colors
have gifted the empire for so long.
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Too Too Funny
Brad Timmins
I wish he would just resign. He has lost the confidence and trust of NBers.
Its the equivalent to a hockey coach who "loses the dressing room".
We need a new voice.
Its the equivalent to a hockey coach who "loses the dressing room".
We need a new voice.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Brad Timmins: not those of us that actually understand the process.
Brad Timmins
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: 👍
Matt Adams
Reply to @Brad Timmins: one who tells you what you want to hear so you'll vote for him/her?
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Brad
Timmins: he may have lost your confidence but looking at what is going
on around the country and around the world any one who would claim they
could do a better job is just another politician wannabe. sure the
world may suck and I don't agree with all his moves but over all he is
still the best option.
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Adams: Thats par for the course
Jake Quinlan
Reply to @Samual Johnston: Like Mulroney debate with Turner in '84, he "had options". :-)
Matt Steele
Certainly a difficult
time to be a Premier with the never ending Covid crisis ; but N.B. is
certainly better off with Premier Higgs at the helm than if Brian
Gallant had stayed Premier . At least Higgs is an adult with proven
management experience , wheras Gallant was more like a child who had got
hold of his parents credit card . As Trudeau has proven , wild out of
control spending along with hyper inflation and taxes really helps no
one in the long term .
Michael
Cain
Reply to @Matt Steele: Trudeau has been balancing Higgs' books
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Michael
Cain: an ignorant statement to say the least. If this is all on JT why
do most other provinces still run huge deficits. No, this is the work
of Higgs and spending within our limits, take note and learn.
Raymond Leger
Reply to @Michael Cain: they're two peas in a pod
Rich Hatfield
Reply to @Matt Steele: See deflections above
Inta I. Liepins
Reply to @Matt
Steele: I rarely vote Conservative, but voted for Premier Higgs for the
same reasons you did. He's been a capable leader who presents a mature,
reasoned approach. That's exactly what we need right now. It's
encouraging that he plans to stay the course for the foreseeable
future.
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Raymond Leger: I concur
David Amos
Reply to @Rich Hatfield: Are yuu the Ghost of Xmass' Past???
John Grail
Reply to @Matt Steele: Neverending BECAUSE of the government gaslighting.
claude bourgeois
No need to throw in the towel Mr. Premier. The people of New Brunswick will throw it for you.
David Amos
Reply to @claude bourgeois: Well put
Ferdinand Boudreau
If he shuffled his cabinet it might help?
Michael Cain
Reply to @Ferdinand Boudreau: too many jokers still in the deck
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Ferdinand Boudreau: that might happen but that is normally a mid term thing so maybe next fall.
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: Oh So True
Cam Randal
If Higgs seeks another mandate in 2024, then the taxpayers of this province will send him into retirement.
David Amos
Reply to @Cam Randal: Like Bernie Higgy would fail at attempting a hat trick
Matt Adams
Reply
to @Cam Randal: Why? for balancing the budget and paying down debt in
order to be able to lower taxes and not leave a mess for the future
generations? Samual Johnston
Reply to @Cam Randal: I wouldn't bet on that given the lack of alternatives.
Nicholas Hale
Reply to @Cam Randal:
If the Liberals run a child puppet or a demonstrably inexperienced
"folk hero" again the Cons will win at least a minority, easily.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Cam Randal: not if their IQs are greater than their shoe size.
Michael Cain
Higgs, 80 per cent approval, May 28, 2020
76-percent in August
72-percent in December 2020
38-percent Oct 2021
76-percent in August
72-percent in December 2020
38-percent Oct 2021
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: In other words His goose is cooked
JOhn D Bond
Reply
to @Michael Cain: Polls between elections are interesting but not
indictive of voter intentions. It is one thing to be unhappy with a
number of policies. It is another thing to measure voting intention
during election.
Hopefully this translates at election time to something but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Hopefully this translates at election time to something but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Matt Adams
Reply to @David Amos:
people do not like the truth when he gives it. voters for the most
part have their heads buried in the sand
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Adams: Where is yours???
Michael Cain
Reply
to @Matt Adams: he never says the truth; he always comes back 2 or 3
times to clarify, and still nobody knows what he means or says Sarah
Brown
Thats too bad. he should quit while he is barely ahead
Matt Adams
Reply to @Sarah
Brown: why? who would do any better? I did not vote for him but at
least he does what he thinks is best, admits when he's wrong and can
manage finances.
David Amos
Reply to @Sarah
Brown: Methinks everybody knows Higgy is the ringmaster of the latest
circus in Fat Fred City Well I paid my two bits to see a High Diving Act
Hence I have the right to see a High Diving Act N'esy Pas?
Alexander Blake
Reply to @David Amos: Huh?
Harvey York:
Reply to @Alexander Blake: ignore him, he's a one-trick pony
David Amos
Harvey York
Reply to @Harvey York: Thats your hero Higgy's forte
Reply
to @David Amos: blah blah blah Higgy, blah blah blah Cardy, blah blah
butter tarts, blah blah Chucky, waaa waaa give me a medicare card.
Sarah Brown
Reply to @Matt Adams:
Why? Because he took far too to make decisions about COVID and opened
this province up last summer which led to our demise. I can think of
many who could do better. He is a corporate through and through
Harvey York
Reply to @Sarah
Brown: I somewhat agree with you, however, when does personal
accountability come in to play? There's a fine line that's been walked
by premiers of every province during the pandemic as they try to strike a
balance between health restrictions and economic collapse.
Thomas Hall
Reply to @Sarah Brown: He was barely ahead on election day and that was his hi point.
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Those are Higgy's tricks against me
Sam Smith
I just cannot wait to read the comments on this one.
David Amos
Reply to @Sam Smith: Me Too
Steve Morningstar
Polls
are all about how the questions are framed. I do not agree with
everything he has done. But overall I still think he is the best
option. He finally got some contracts signed that should have been done
long ago when other parties were in power and the province is in the
best fiscal shape it has been in years. Some mistakes were made with
Covid but still doing OK considering.
Reply to @Nicholas Hale: Too bad so sad that you could not read my reply
David Amos
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: Surely you jest
Nicholas
Hale
Reply to @David Amos: Vickers being in charge of the province would be a joke, if you want to talk jests.
Don't get me wrong, red or blue this province is owned by one entity and anyone who wants to operate in politics here must bow to them...but at least Higgs has political acumen and good fiscal sense. Vickers would have been a disaster, and even more of a puppet than Brian Gallant.
Don't get me wrong, red or blue this province is owned by one entity and anyone who wants to operate in politics here must bow to them...but at least Higgs has political acumen and good fiscal sense. Vickers would have been a disaster, and even more of a puppet than Brian Gallant.
David Amos
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Reply to @Nicholas
Hale: Higgy et al know byway of my lawsuit filed in 2015 that since 2004
Vickers assisted in having me barred from parliamentary proprieties all
over Canada
Michael
Cain
Reply to @Steve Morningstar: the Feds have been propping up our fiscal shape
David Amos
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John Montgomery
A vast majority voted for this guy. Maybe most people shouldn't be able to vote.
Alexander Blake
Reply to @John Montgomery: Because you disagree with him? I don't think that's called democracy
David Amos
Reply to @Alexander Blake: Democracy is a myth
John Montgomery
Reply to @Alexander Blake: No because we were down to nine cases in July and he dropped the ball.
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @David Amos: Really? How so? Enlighten us....
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @John Montgomery: OK. He made a mistake, along with virtually every other government on the planet. Let's move on
John Montgomery
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: He made a mistake? Kind of like plowing into a parade with a
vehicle at high speed? How many lives did his mistake cost? Everyone
knew it was a mistake and he didn't listen.
Thomas Hall
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: When was the last time we had a "real" majority government? Not a
26-39% majority? When was the last time you got to vote on anything
beyond a fixed election?
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @John Montgomery: Hyperbole is certainly your forte. Since you asked, I assume you must know - so how many lives?
John Montgomery
Reply to @Alexander Blake: No I don't know how many people have died since July. Don't want to know.
Samual
Johnston
Reply to @John
Montgomery: people shouldn't be able to vote because they voted
differently than you? The obvious solution would be to simply install
you or your person of choice as the leader and be done with voting.
Think of the $$$ we would save.
John Montgomery
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: Higgs really messed up in July. Of course, everyone who took
off their masks like sheep messed up too, but he was their leader.
Alexander
Blake
Reply to @John
Montgomery: That's my point - it's all conjecture. One person who lost
their life to COVID is too many. Look at the explosion of cases in NS
right now. We are doing much better comparatively speaking.
John Montgomery
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: But we could have had it under control. There was no scientific
bases to take off masks and Higgs went out on his own and did it. It
was obvious to most back then that it was the wrong move.
DJ Redfearn
Reply to @John Montgomery:
"He" didn't drop the ball (as you say) all on his own, he had a lot of help from a lot of New Brunswickers...
"He" didn't drop the ball (as you say) all on his own, he had a lot of help from a lot of New Brunswickers...
Michael
Cain
Reply to @Alexander Blake: democracy is lost with the first vote
John Montgomery
Reply to @DJ Redfearn: Yes well people are sheep and politicians should realize that.
David Amos
Reply to @John Montgomery: They know it
David Amos
Reply to @Alexander
Blake: If you truly believe in democracy then why not use your real name
in this domain and put it on a ballot as well?
Michael
Cain
Reply to @Samual Johnston: his mess up ended peoples' lives
Geoff MacDonald
Reply to @Michael
Cain: Nope. Starts at the top. Look no further than JT and Tam. They
kept the international borders open which allowed the initial virus into
the country along with all of the other variants.
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Michael
Cain: oh please ---covid did that not the government.....is silly to
blame government for that - if you wanted to play it safe you could N95
mask up and stay home --- no one forced you to go out and play.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @John
Montgomery: you have taken clueless to a new level today. What happened
in the summer had zero to do with the issues over the fall until now,
maybe read up on a few things to avoid future ignorance.
Gerald
Celente
Reply to @David Amos: In North America for sure it's an illusion at best.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald: sorry, but this is all provincial; you can't keep Canadians from returning
Michael Cain
Reply to @Samual Johnston: where were you in August first? dancing with Higgs?
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @John
Montgomery: 39.34% doesn't constitute a vast majority. Add in the non
voters and his popular support gets even smaller.
Gerald
Celente
Reply to @John
Montgomery: With this I agree. Higgs and his minions were doing an
excellent job keeping people "in line" literally, until COVID actually
showed up in the form of Delta, once that happened, the hairline cracks
in their strategy became canyons almost overnight. Then it was "Blame
the anti maskers and anti vaxxers" "I's the pandemic of the
unvaccinated" (remember that Johnny?)
Gerald
Celente
Reply to @John Montgomery: They do realize - it all too well. !
David Amos
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Reply to @Gerald
Celente: Trust that Higgy et al know that I have experienced the
illusion first hand on both sides of the Medicine Line since the Queen
signed Trudreau The Elder's questionable Charter in 1982
Donald LeBlanc
Reply to @John Montgomery: Only 26% of eligible voters elected him.
Donald LeBlanc
Reply to @John Montgomery: Time for Proportional Representation.
David Amos
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Thomas Hall
".....will continue working through his to-do list in 2022 and beyond."
So is that his list or list the Irvings have provided or is their really a difference?
So is that his list or list the Irvings have provided or is their really a difference?
David Amos
Reply to @Thomas Hall: "He also complained about being the target of nasty comments."
Methinks he earned them and there are many more to follow N'esy Pas?
Methinks he earned them and there are many more to follow N'esy Pas?
Geoff MacDonald
Reply
to @Thomas Hall: Excellent. It sounds like we finally have someone on
the inside who can really tell us what's going on and not just baseless
claims. Tell me, should the reporter also come with a warning,
something like 'Reporter is more bias than they appear'? Can you also
tell me what Roger Melanson does? Inquiring minds want to know.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald: Melanson is not part of this conversation; he is only acting
Samual Johnston
Reply
to @Thomas Hall: I always find this type of comment puzzling...you are
upset because he worked for a massive corporation. What better
experience to run a Province? Would you prefer he was a daycare
instructor or a lawyer in a private firm? A police officer or a
fire-person? You assume the loyalty of the politician lies with his
last employer verses the people of NB? He seems to be acting on behalf
of all NBers and yes as Irving is the largest employer in the Province
were will be some over lap but what of it?...really
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Thomas
Hall:I always find this type of comment puzzling...Thomas is upset
because he worked for a massive corporation. What better experience to
run a Province? Would Thomas prefer he was a daycare instructor or a
lawyer in a private firm? A police officer or a fire-person? Thomas
assumes the loyalty of the politician lies with his last employer verses
the people of NB? He seems to be acting on behalf of all NBers and yes
as Irving is the largest employer in the Province were will be some over
lap but what of it?...really
Geoff MacDonald
Reply to @Michael
Cain: I agree he is useless. But that's my point. I get why the masses
are upset with Higgs but the alternative is not any better. Remember
when the US was in a rush to get rid of Donald? Well, it hasn't exactly
worked out well now, has it?
David Amos
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald: C'est Vrai
Pete Parent
Reply
to @Samual Johnston: i also find this type of reply puzzling..., he was
an engineer that rose to senior executive overlooking the oil
transportation....so overlooking the transportion of oil make him a good
candidate? more than a lawyer,police officer? please explain.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Samual Johnston: he is an Irving shill; has been promoting and protecting them with every policy
Gerald Celente
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: It's my impression that you may find a lot of things
"puzzling" . Speaking of findings, I find it interesting in a peculiar
kind of way that both Higgs and that other mouthpiece, Cardy, are
former leaders of other parties that could never get elected so.... I
would call that self interest above the interests of the people
Michael Cain
Reply to @Gerald Celente: Higgs' own party did not want him as leader
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Pete Parent: never said better just asking why not executive
Pete Parent
Reply
to @Samual Johnston: as for the comments of where he worked, i get
your point and even agree to a certain extent. but what i found odd is
you seemed to find that an engineer had more qualities than other
professionals... and what do you mean by why not executive. Just trying
to understand what you mean.
Samual Johnston
Reply
to @Pete Parent: no just countering that an Irving executive is suited
to be a premier not necessarily as opposed to any of the others but in
addition to. But realistically being high up
In a big corporation is good experience
In a big corporation is good experience
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Michael Cain: does that make Cain a liberal shill? How dare any one disagree with Cain
Vince Comeau
Y’a
right, he’s not concerned with polls , he called an election in the
middle of a pandemic because he knew his numbers were up and wanted a
majority government to ush his Irving agenda …
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Vince
Comeau: or more logically he wanted a majority government so he could
make the tough decisions necessary to help the people of NB
Michael Cain
Reply to @Vince Comeau: and when Trudeau called an election, it was in the middle of a pandemic! gasp
David Amos
Reply to @Vince Comeau: Bingo
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Cain: C'est Vrai Aussi
Johnny Lawrence
Reply
to @Vince Comeau: he called an election because the opposition parities
had promised to bring him down at the next confidence vote, wake up.
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Wrong
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @David Amos: no, 100% correct. David Amos
Reply to @Johnny
Lawrence: Everybody knows Higgy called the election in the middle of the
summer after he had forced the liberals within the EUB to make their
delayed decisions about NB Power
Dave Leblanc
Reply to @Samual Johnston: You keep thinking that. I am sure he cares about the people and not Irving at all...wink wink.
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: Therein lies the issue. Is he helping or hurting? Not an easy
question. How much better off would have been had he injected the
windfall tax revenue dollars into our health care system instead of
moving from a budget deficit to a surplus. Some would see that as good,
others as bad. Or the stumpage fees during the supply shortages for
lumber, provinces like Alberta saw their royalties' increase
substantially. In NB the forestry companies were the beneficiaries. So
again some like that, others hate it.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @David Amos:
it was actually mid August, not exactly mid summer. He called an
election because the Libs. and Greens had clearly stated they would
bring him down, so it was going to happen in September when we had low
covid cases or in the winter when things were much worse, well done
Higgs yet again.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Samual Johnston: it's Higgs way, or no way; he does not know the meaning of consultation nor cooperation
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny
Lawrence: August is mid summer but he began his wicked game within the
EUB in July. Furthermore in the spring Higgy delayed the municipal
elections for COVID reasons yet felt free to call a snap election nobody
wanted while he was high in the polls. History easily proves these
facts Correct???
Raymond Leger
Higgs should resign for doing the "chicken dance" while New Brunswickers were dying as a result of his policies!
David Amos
Reply to @Raymond Leger: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
Gerald Celente
It's his "todo" list that worries most people
David Amos
Reply to @Gerald Celente: Yup
Brad Timmins
I will never for give
Higgs and Russell for their scapegoating of unvaxxed when they
themselves were to blame for the large case numbers.
The infamous dance in the middle of the summer...
Russell performing at a packed venue (Harvest) within days of implementing restrictions on the province.
Not credible leadership.
The infamous dance in the middle of the summer...
Russell performing at a packed venue (Harvest) within days of implementing restrictions on the province.
Not credible leadership.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Brad Timmins: it has always been and always will be a pandemic of the unvaxxed, fact!!!!
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Brad Timmins: did you enjoy Harvest, oh right, you were not allowed in, sorry.
Brad Timmins
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Sure Johnny, thats why public health had to limit capacity at vax only venues.
Thats why the fully vaxxed NHL had to pause its season.
Thats why fully vaxxed and boosted politicians keep coming down with covid.
Remind me, was it the "unvaxxed" who flew into Canada with Omicron?
Thats why the fully vaxxed NHL had to pause its season.
Thats why fully vaxxed and boosted politicians keep coming down with covid.
Remind me, was it the "unvaxxed" who flew into Canada with Omicron?
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Brad Timmins: the fact you don't understand the real underlying issues of this pandemic are not surprising.
Bill Hamilton
Reply to @Brad
Timmins: And how would you have handled the past two years of trying to
keep the economy afloat while trying to keep the hospitals from
overflowing?
Brad Timmins
Reply to @Bill Hamilton: A much better and wider use of rapid testing.
Stop pretending vaccines prevent transmission.
Protect the vulnerable.
Let people make assess their own risks.
Spend on increasing hospital capacity. This government has decreased capacity by suspending doctors and nurses for not being baxxed, when we know it does not prevent transmission.
Stop pretending vaccines prevent transmission.
Protect the vulnerable.
Let people make assess their own risks.
Spend on increasing hospital capacity. This government has decreased capacity by suspending doctors and nurses for not being baxxed, when we know it does not prevent transmission.
Brad Timmins
Reply to @Brad Timmins: vaxxed
David Amos
Reply to @Brad
Timmins: Methinks Higgy would be wise to finally send me the Health Care
Card I have been entitled to for way past too long N'esy Pas?
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: obviously you're not entitled to it or you would have it
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @David Amos: you should have received some medical help during your trip to Texas.
Brad
Timmins
Reply to @David Amos: Bain oui
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: Only the Feds would know when the last time I was In Texas
David Amos
Reply to @Brad Timmins: Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear
Timothy
Walton
Higgs may think the Wolastoqey claim is entirely about royalties but I think forestry mismanagement may be a major factor.
Michael Cain
Reply to @Timothy
Walton: there was a study done 10 years ago that warned of the demise of
forestry by 2035 if they keep doing what they are doing; why can the
govt give up our resources without consulting the people of the
province?
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @Timothy
Walton: The problem is that if and when the First Nations win at the
supreme court, all these politicians will wish they had negotiated in
good faith.
David Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: Dream on
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @David Amos: I wouldn't underestimate Patricia Bernard. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/madawaska-land-claim-patricia-bernard-1.5984019
David Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: I already talked to her lawyer
Rosco holt
Reply
to @Kyle Woodman: Politicians have never negotiated in good faith. This
fight with the First nations is hiding something sinister, Higgs knows
the province will lose this.
mark roy
he's in a lose lose
situation given the fact that he's made horrible decisions during this
pandemic yet when this first started he a few other premiers were being
noted for excellent job/decision on pandemic and like higgs and those
others 22 months later are not as popular due to this lasting longer
than anyone hoped or imagined. vaxxed or not everyone is still catching
covid, and he does not control the pharma companies who made billions
and will continue to make billions to rid the world of this bug... its
not only nb that worst off today with pademic numbers as to when it
first started, i don;t think their is one province better today than
their previous worst time frame.
David Amos
Reply to @mark roy: Yup
Buford Wilson
Blaine is the best premier we ever had. By a mile.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Buford Wilson: by a mile, not sure about that, but the best one our province has had in many, many, many, years.
David Amos
Reply to @Buford Wilson: You two are not as funny as you think you are
Jeff Brewer
Reply to @Buford
Wilson: I didn't realize this was the comedy network - thanks for the
belly laugh!! You've got a great future in standup.
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Jeff Brewer: who has done a better job?
Maxime Babineau
Reply to @Buford
Wilson: There has never been a better one, never will be a better one on
this planet or any other planet that exists or could exist.
Brad Timmins
Reply to @Buford Wilson: I would have agreed with this in June. He has been lost since mid summer though. He blew it.
Dan Lee
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence:
Hatfield................
Hatfield................
David Amos
Reply to @Jeff Brewer: Welcome to Higgy's Circus
Mike Banter
Reply
to @Buford Wilson: best premier ever???!! HAHAHAHAHA he doesn’t even
pretend to be anything more than Irving’s lap dog. And he’s about 5
different forms of stupid.
Rosco holt
Reply to @Buford Wilson: "Blaine is the best premier we ever had."
In which reality????
In which reality????
Kyle
Woodman
It's pretty clear
that Higgs has a personal axe to grind with Patricia Bernard. This
personal bias he has against First Nations will leave us all worse off.
It's sad. He just doesn't get it.
David Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: FYI My favourite FBI Agent's name was Woodman
Johnny
Lawrence
Reply to @Kyle
Woodman: I would have one to grind too based on their outrageous and
unrealistic claims, good thing the premier is defending all NBers.
Kyle
Woodman
Reply to @Johnny
Lawrence: I'm not sure the claims are unrealistic or outrageous based on
established case law and precedents. If in the long run, the courts
side with the First Nations position the government will wish they had
negotiated in good faith. Higgs is taking a huge gamble for his own
personal grievances. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14246/index.do
Kyle
Woodman
Reply to @David Amos: Good to see you around David. Hope things are well with you.
Kyle
Woodman
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: You know that just because Higgs says something doesn't make it true right?
Dan Lee
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence:
Defending all NBers ..bahahaha........our last name is not irving
Defending all NBers ..bahahaha........our last name is not irving
Rosco holt
Reply to @Johnny Lawrence: First Nations didn't sign their land over to the crown, so their demands is legitimate.
Higgs is only defending Irving's interests => free lumber, pipeline access if ever it's built.
Higgs is only defending Irving's interests => free lumber, pipeline access if ever it's built.
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