Shawn Rouse
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Milestone hit.
Half a million fewer New Brunswickers have travelled to Maine since the beginning of Trump's second presidency
September and October passenger vehicle figures now available, they continue to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
Milestone hit.
Half a million fewer New Brunswickers have travelled to Maine since the beginning of Trump's second presidency
September and October passenger vehicle figures now available, they continue to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
Half a million fewer NBers have travelled to Maine since Trump presidency
The year over year milestone comes as the U.S. releases new monthly data that continues to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW from me...
Milestone hit.
Half a million fewer New Brunswickers have travelled to Maine since the beginning of Trump's second presidency
September and October passenger vehicle figures now available, they continue to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
Milestone hit.
Half a million fewer New Brunswickers have travelled to Maine since the beginning of Trump's second presidency
September and October passenger vehicle figures now available, they continue to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
Shame on Danielle Smith. 🧵
Remember: the only reason she needs the notwithstanding clause is because her pronoun law violates the Charter rights of trans students. In other words, they are illegal without her using this loophole.
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Remember: the only reason she needs the notwithstanding clause is because her pronoun law violates the Charter rights of trans students. In other words, they are illegal without her using this loophole.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Shame on Danielle Smith. 🧵
Remember: the only reason she needs the notwithstanding clause is because her pronoun law violates the Charter rights of trans students. In other words, they are illegal without her using this loophole.
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Remember: the only reason she needs the notwithstanding clause is because her pronoun law violates the Charter rights of trans students. In other words, they are illegal without her using this loophole.
1/13
Whoa whoa whoa... Savoie starts off Question Period with a drive-by smear of the Premier. He said with no evidence that she's using gov't $ to promote one of her own businesses. Holt replied she had 0% ownership in said company. Savoie had nothing to the contrary. 🤦
Do better Glen.
Do better Glen.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Whoa whoa whoa... Savoie starts off Question Period with a drive-by smear of the Premier. He said with no evidence that she's using gov't $ to promote one of her own businesses. Holt replied she had 0% ownership in said company. Savoie had nothing to the contrary. 🤦
Do better Glen.
Do better Glen.
I almost called "Twitter" by its bastardized name - "X" - today... They are starting to wear me down.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I almost called "Twitter" by its bastardized name - "X" - today... They are starting to wear me down.
NEW POLL: Poilievre favourability hits lowest point of his leadership; Carney approval rises. Liberals hold two-point vote intention advantage, 40 per cent to 38 per cent over opposition CPC.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW POLL: Poilievre favourability hits lowest point of his leadership; Carney approval rises. Liberals hold two-point vote intention advantage, 40 per cent to 38 per cent over opposition CPC.
Link : angusreid.org/federal-poli...
Link : angusreid.org/federal-poli...
The NB Legislature is back in session today! You can watch the latest online here starting at 1pm. www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
61st Legislature | 2 Session | Daily Sitting #13 - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The NB Legislature is back in session today! You can watch the latest online here starting at 1pm. www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
NB's record $834.7M deficit (largest in 20+ years) is driven by health overspending. Doctor waitlist hits 125K. Carney designated Sisson Mine "nation-building". Gas cut faces industry challenge; housing backlash near school.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NB's record $834.7M deficit (largest in 20+ years) is driven by health overspending. Doctor waitlist hits 125K. Carney designated Sisson Mine "nation-building". Gas cut faces industry challenge; housing backlash near school.
tinyurl.com/2025-11-14-e
tinyurl.com/2025-11-14-e
Jake Stewart posts a lengthy screed on Facebook saying he's been the victim of multiple conspiracies, which "belongs on W5 or whatever relevant equivalent exists in our country." (?)
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November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Jake Stewart posts a lengthy screed on Facebook saying he's been the victim of multiple conspiracies, which "belongs on W5 or whatever relevant equivalent exists in our country." (?)
www.facebook.com/JakeStewartM...
www.facebook.com/JakeStewartM...
Holt's response to wildfires was 🔥, but affordability measures are leaving people 🧊. This EXTRA edition of the NB Policast takes a look at the Nov 12 Abacus Data poll.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Holt's response to wildfires was 🔥, but affordability measures are leaving people 🧊. This EXTRA edition of the NB Policast takes a look at the Nov 12 Abacus Data poll.
tinyurl.com/2025-11-13e
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Did you catch Mark Carney’s smile and body language when he was asked on Monday about the Sisson Mine? Here’s what that project is all about and what “national project” status could mean: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sisson Mine in running for Carney’s national projects list | CBC News
On Monday, during a visit to Fredericton, Prime Minister Mark Carney grinned at a question about a mine proposed for the province more than a decade ago, but on Thursday, New Brunwickers will find out...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Did you catch Mark Carney’s smile and body language when he was asked on Monday about the Sisson Mine? Here’s what that project is all about and what “national project” status could mean: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's a story about a little-known internment camp in Minto during World War II, from Radio-Canada's Justin Dupuis.
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Il y a 85 ans, des réfugiés juifs étaient enfermés au N.-B.
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des réfugiés juifs ayant fui l’Allemagne ont été enfermés dans un camp d'internement dans la région de Fredericton.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Here's a story about a little-known internment camp in Minto during World War II, from Radio-Canada's Justin Dupuis.
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
NB feels federal cuts (40K jobs/immigration). Debating gas tax removal. Jet-engine gas plant faces woodpeckers concerns. NB Power disconnections jump. Horizon is fined for linguistic violations. "It's 2025." - No more license plate stickers!
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November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NB feels federal cuts (40K jobs/immigration). Debating gas tax removal. Jet-engine gas plant faces woodpeckers concerns. NB Power disconnections jump. Horizon is fined for linguistic violations. "It's 2025." - No more license plate stickers!
tinyurl.com/2025-11-07e
tinyurl.com/2025-11-07e
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Congratulations to Danielle Pelletier, William Hoyt, Dr. Rodney Ouelette, Richard Hutchins, and Cherrill Shea. Thank you all for your contributions to our province.
To recognize even more of the amazing people in our province, the number of recipients will be increased to ten going forward!
To recognize even more of the amazing people in our province, the number of recipients will be increased to ten going forward!
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Congratulations to Danielle Pelletier, William Hoyt, Dr. Rodney Ouelette, Richard Hutchins, and Cherrill Shea. Thank you all for your contributions to our province.
To recognize even more of the amazing people in our province, the number of recipients will be increased to ten going forward!
To recognize even more of the amazing people in our province, the number of recipients will be increased to ten going forward!
The "AI bubble" won't burst because the tech is flawed, it will burst because that's what artificially overvalued bubbles do. The tech will still wildly "succeed" long term, just like the tech behind the dot com bubble did. www.lbc.co.uk/article/big-...
'Big Short' Michael Burry bets $1bn on AI bubble bursting | LBC
The investor who bet against the US housing market in the run-up to the 2007 financial crisis has now placed a significant wager on the collapse of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The "AI bubble" won't burst because the tech is flawed, it will burst because that's what artificially overvalued bubbles do. The tech will still wildly "succeed" long term, just like the tech behind the dot com bubble did. www.lbc.co.uk/article/big-...
New Brunswick assessed property values have increased 58% in the past 10 years. Since 2016, NB property values grew from $64b to $97b. 84% of that is residential properties.
Since 2021, that increase is up 49%!
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Since 2021, that increase is up 49%!
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Property tax overhaul: report highlights public and stakeholder feedback
The government has released the What We Heard report, which shares feedback received from New Brunswickers – including key stakeholders – on the property tax system during consultations this past…
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November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New Brunswick assessed property values have increased 58% in the past 10 years. Since 2016, NB property values grew from $64b to $97b. 84% of that is residential properties.
Since 2021, that increase is up 49%!
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...
Since 2021, that increase is up 49%!
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...
Today, the NB gov't issued an update on their property tax assessment overhaul. This paper includes a summary of the public feedback (85% say system is unfair), as well as sharing some key facts about New Brunswick's unique property tax regime.
tinyurl.com/2025-11-03e
tinyurl.com/2025-11-03e
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, the NB gov't issued an update on their property tax assessment overhaul. This paper includes a summary of the public feedback (85% say system is unfair), as well as sharing some key facts about New Brunswick's unique property tax regime.
tinyurl.com/2025-11-03e
tinyurl.com/2025-11-03e
The TJ is now updating their Bluesky daily if you want to subscribe to its notifications.
N.B. eyes publicly funded shingles vaccine tj.news/new-brunswic...
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The TJ is now updating their Bluesky daily if you want to subscribe to its notifications.
The cost of a patient occupying an acute care bed at a hospital is $800 per day.
At last count, there were 677 patients in NB hospitals waiting to be discharged to a nursing home or long term care.
That adds up to $541,600 per day.
At last count, there were 677 patients in NB hospitals waiting to be discharged to a nursing home or long term care.
That adds up to $541,600 per day.
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The cost of a patient occupying an acute care bed at a hospital is $800 per day.
At last count, there were 677 patients in NB hospitals waiting to be discharged to a nursing home or long term care.
That adds up to $541,600 per day.
At last count, there were 677 patients in NB hospitals waiting to be discharged to a nursing home or long term care.
That adds up to $541,600 per day.
Holt is closing the Throne Speech debate listing all of the achievements of her govt's first year including some impressive new recruitment numbers for family doctors, specialists, and nurses. www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Holt is closing the Throne Speech debate listing all of the achievements of her govt's first year including some impressive new recruitment numbers for family doctors, specialists, and nurses. www.legnb.ca/en/webcasts/...
NEW POLL: Despite Trump’s claim that he will raise tariffs on Canada by 10% in response to the ad running, Canadians support Ford’s ad. Indeed, twice as many say they strongly agree (31%) with the decision than strongly disagree (13%).
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW POLL: Despite Trump’s claim that he will raise tariffs on Canada by 10% in response to the ad running, Canadians support Ford’s ad. Indeed, twice as many say they strongly agree (31%) with the decision than strongly disagree (13%).
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Holt cuts 8.2¢ gas tax (Dec. 1), fulfilling promise, but faces Higgs' "lack of management" critique. Hospital bed crisis (190 patients in halls), delayed addiction beds, food waste in universal school breakfast. NB shifts SMR focus from local development.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Holt cuts 8.2¢ gas tax (Dec. 1), fulfilling promise, but faces Higgs' "lack of management" critique. Hospital bed crisis (190 patients in halls), delayed addiction beds, food waste in universal school breakfast. NB shifts SMR focus from local development.
tinyurl.com/2025-10-31e
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Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
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• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
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Higgs haunts them still: former PC premier weighs in on party’s direction, leadership, and even its name. Analysis from me. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | A year after defeat, Higgs haunts debate over PC Party’s direction | CBC News
In New Brunswick politics, most defeated premiers exit quietly, staying out of debates within their parties about what future direction to take or who should be the next leader.
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Higgs haunts them still: former PC premier weighs in on party’s direction, leadership, and even its name. Analysis from me. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is the right approach. We should not be playing fast and loose on speculative "first of its kind" energy projects. "One of a kind" would be even worse. NB Power needs to stop gambling with ratepayer funds. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Province puts energy security over energizing N.B. economy as it shops for nuclear reactors | CBC News
New Brunswick's energy minister says the government is prioritizing energy security. That means it might make a move on an Ontario-made nuclear reactor instead of other New Brunswick options.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is the right approach. We should not be playing fast and loose on speculative "first of its kind" energy projects. "One of a kind" would be even worse. NB Power needs to stop gambling with ratepayer funds. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Reliable, affordable, and sustainable power, that’s the goal. Share your ideas in the NB Power review survey: forms.microsoft.com/r/cj9Tut3WcN
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reliable, affordable, and sustainable power, that’s the goal. Share your ideas in the NB Power review survey: forms.microsoft.com/r/cj9Tut3WcN