Opinion
La pauvreté démocratique
Trois longues années se sont écoulées depuis l’adoption de la Loi sur l’inclusion économique et sociale. Beaucoup d’eau est passée...
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What if Ma and Pa mistreat their workers? When supporting local is not good
Recently, while patronizing an eatery in the region, I was reminded that one should not assume that locally-owned small businesses...
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Is food insecurity just a neoliberal euphemism for hunger?
Fredericton is all abuzz about food. We hear things like “buy local," "buy what's in season," "buy organic”. We are...
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Want to prevent sexual assault? Let’s talk consent
In early September on the St. Mary’s University campus, a frosh chant surfaced, once again reminding the public that issues...
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When losing your job is supposed to be good for you
Salesforce.com, an American IT company located in Fredericton, which received some of our hard earned tax dollars in wage subsidies,...
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Now let’s hear a rousing chant on the charms of cannibalism
Photo from Where is Your Line? blog. “Young men need to be socialized in such a...
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A pipeline through paradise? A case against the proposal
TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline route through what Hugh Leonard calls New Brunswick's paradise. Is the...
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A request for transparency in negotiating “trade” deals
CUPE and other unions have mounted campaigns against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between...
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Home support workers should not subsidize employer payroll costs
The NB Coalition for Pay Equity is shocked to learn that home support workers’ retroactive pay equity adjustments for 2012-2013...
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Austerity chokes Canada’s down-and-out as Harper, Flaherty look the other way
The exceedingly aggressive austerity cuts carried out by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty over the past...
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