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Protest at the Legislature

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A protest rally was held today on the lawn of the NB legislature building to protest the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec. There were a LOT of people there. Some estimate that the crowd swelled to almost 2000 at one point, but I would conservatively guess that there were about 400 actively in [...]

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Cranky Woman Writes her MLA

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Hopefully this does not escalate into letters to the editorial section of my local newspaper. I don’t even read my local newspaper…*grumble*

To: greg.byrne@gnb.ca
Good Day Mr Byrne;
I rarely take the time to write my politicians, though I know I should
more often. I do, however, feel the need to voice my objections to the
sale of NB Power [...]

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12 year old political pawns – not my daughter!

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Right now I’m somewhere that is angrier than “annoyed”, but not quite “enraged”. Here is an excerpt from a note that Jasmin brought home this week regarding a “field trip”:
On Thursday, September 25, students will have the opportunity to represent -name of school omitted- at the “I walked with my Premier and MLAs” event organized [...]

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What the party websites say about Canada’s political parties

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I started writing a post about being a responsible, researched voter. I’m sure I’ll finish that post later, but after visiting the websites of all the major parties, I really had to share my thoughts about how their site content and design speak for (or against) their party as a whole.
Conservative: There is one picture [...]

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