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Fredericton does not deserve a Trans BIPOC crosswalk on its main street

*Opinion*

On my way to work last Friday, I saw for the first time that the City of Fredericton has added the trans, black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) flag colour schemes to the preexisting crosswalk on Queen Street painted with a gay pride colour...

CERB is a subsidy to the banks

by Matthew Hayes

July 10, 2020

*Opinion*

Canada’s projected $343 billion deficit will draw a great deal of ink from traditional budget hawks, but Canadians should know what the effect has been: it prevented a financial crisis—at least for now. This is important to bear in mind because ratings agencies are already...

Are you living in a food desert in New Brunswick?

by Hannah Moore

July 9, 2020

Are you living in a food desert in New Brunswick?

Environment

A food desert is an area where access to affordable, healthy food is restricted because residents do not have a grocery store within a convenient travelling distance. In a city, neighbourhoods 5km or farther from a supermarket, grocery store, garden or market may be considered...

New Brunswick Union urges government to protect blood and plasma supply

by Susie Proulx-Daigle

July 8, 2020

New Brunswick Union urges government to protect blood and plasma supply

*Opinion*

For several years, the New Brunswick Union (NBU/NUPGE) has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of allowing for-profit plasma collection clinics to operate in New Brunswick. One such clinic was opened in Moncton under the Gallant government, and thus far, the current Blaine Higgs...

NB Power’s renewable energy claims disputed

by Cortney MacDonnell

July 7, 2020

NB Power’s renewable energy claims disputed

Environment

NB Power claims to be supplying New Brunswick with over 40 percent renewable energy but a local solar firm says that is not the case. Megan McCann and Mark McCann are co-owners of MJM Solar Solutions. They have been advocating the use of renewable energy...

Majority of New Brunswick nursing home workers ratify new agreement

by CUPE NB

July 7, 2020

*Opinion*

On Monday, July 6, the majority of the NB Council of Nursing Home Union (NBCNHU) members approved the tentative agreement reached between their bargaining team and the provincial government. The NBCNHU represents 4,400 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) working in 51...

Public service cuts and unfair tax regimes will not solve New Brunswick’s economic challenges

by Matthew Hayes

July 6, 2020

*Opinion*

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown up major public policy challenges that political classes in New Brunswick will have to deal with for the next decade and maybe more. In addition to public and private debt, the economic crisis we are now in, climate change is...