Jacques Poitras
@poitrasj.bsky.social
CBC’s provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick. Publicly funded & independent. Author of five non-fiction books. My newsletter: https://jacquespoitras.substack.com?r=o9a37&utm_medium=ios
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Liberal bill repealing N.B. carbon adjuster left ‘void’ for new gas surcharge | CBC News
The province's Energy and Utilities Board blocked Susan Holt's move to get rid of the cost-of-carbon adjuster. Holt may be frustrated with the board's decision but it could've been avoided with proper...
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Why are you still paying eight cents extra per litre of gas in New Brunswick? The Liberal bill repealing the cost-of-carbon adjuster left a "void" for a new replacement surcharge: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why are you still paying eight cents extra per litre of gas in New Brunswick? The Liberal bill repealing the cost-of-carbon adjuster left a "void" for a new replacement surcharge: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Liberal bill repealing N.B. carbon adjuster left ‘void’ for new gas surcharge | CBC News
The province's Energy and Utilities Board blocked Susan Holt's move to get rid of the cost-of-carbon adjuster. Holt may be frustrated with the board's decision but it could've been avoided with proper...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Why are you still paying eight cents extra per litre of gas in New Brunswick? The Liberal bill repealing the cost-of-carbon adjuster left a "void" for a new replacement surcharge: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I'm betting this has a place on @alexmarland.bsky.social 's to-do list.
Here's what I'd like some graduate student or historian to figure out:
How often has a prov or fed party leader in Canada managed to both hold on to their leadership and subsequently succeed in the next election after facing a significant level of public dissent from their caucus or party?
How often has a prov or fed party leader in Canada managed to both hold on to their leadership and subsequently succeed in the next election after facing a significant level of public dissent from their caucus or party?
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm betting this has a place on @alexmarland.bsky.social 's to-do list.
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Bus Stop, Fredericton, N.B.
Molly Lamb Bobak
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Molly Lamb Bobak
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bus Stop, Fredericton, N.B.
Molly Lamb Bobak
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Molly Lamb Bobak
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Carbon adjuster vanishes Monday? EUB rules surcharge remains in place: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New Brunswick energy regulator cancels Holt government fuel price cuts | CBC News
The province's Energy and Utilities Board has cancelled the Holt government's move to cut the "carbon cost adjuster" charges. The changes were set to take place on Monday.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Carbon adjuster vanishes Monday? EUB rules surcharge remains in place: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Steven Guilbeault, May 14, 2017, during our interview for my pipeline book, on mainstream political and regulatory processes: “We thought it was better for us to participate in a deficient process while demanding changes than to not be there at all. … We don’t like the strategy of the empty chair.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Steven Guilbeault, May 14, 2017, during our interview for my pipeline book, on mainstream political and regulatory processes: “We thought it was better for us to participate in a deficient process while demanding changes than to not be there at all. … We don’t like the strategy of the empty chair.”
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Canadian Heritage Minister and long time environmentalist Steven Guilbeault resigns his cabinet post over changes to #environment policies. Latest details here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal MP quits Carney’s cabinet over energy deal with Alberta | CBC
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November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canadian Heritage Minister and long time environmentalist Steven Guilbeault resigns his cabinet post over changes to #environment policies. Latest details here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Saw that MPs are set to honour long-serving MP Louis Plamondon -- here is his must-read advice to members in 2019 :)
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Saw that MPs are set to honour long-serving MP Louis Plamondon -- here is his must-read advice to members in 2019 :)
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Just dropped in /
To see what condition /
Those Sisson conditions are in …
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Just dropped in /
To see what condition /
Those Sisson conditions are in …
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.B. government says none of 40 Sisson Mine conditions met so far | CBC News
Environmentalists are concerned that the conditions for approval of the Sisson Mine north of Fredericton were too weak when they were issued in 2015, and now many are a decade out of date.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Just dropped in /
To see what condition /
Those Sisson conditions are in …
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Just dropped in /
To see what condition /
Those Sisson conditions are in …
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More on Pierre Poilievre's N.B. visit & other big political stories of the week in my newsletter tomorrow morning. Subscribe now: substack.com/@jacquespoit...?
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More on Pierre Poilievre's N.B. visit & other big political stories of the week in my newsletter tomorrow morning. Subscribe now: substack.com/@jacquespoit...?
My full interview with Pierre Poilievre is now online: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Watch Pierre Poilievre’s entire interview with CBC New Brunswick
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre answered questions about the Sisson Mine and forestry.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My full interview with Pierre Poilievre is now online: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
N.B.’s Sisson Mine on the federal fast track? Pierre Poilievre isn’t convinced. Story + video: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Federal Conservative leader questions Ottawa’s Sisson Mine process | CBC News
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says New Brunswickers shouldn’t get their hopes up about progress on the Sisson Mine.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
N.B.’s Sisson Mine on the federal fast track? Pierre Poilievre isn’t convinced. Story + video: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The prevailing ethos of smart phone software updates seems to be, “We’re gonna put that convenient function one additional click away from you.”
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The prevailing ethos of smart phone software updates seems to be, “We’re gonna put that convenient function one additional click away from you.”
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November 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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N.B. budget deficit projected to reach $834.7 million in fiscal 2025-26; Liberal finance minister won’t rule out it surpassing $1 billion.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
N.B. budget deficit projected to reach $834.7 million in fiscal 2025-26; Liberal finance minister won’t rule out it surpassing $1 billion.
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On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - November 14, 1953 - President Eisenhower addresses Canada's parliamentarians. Random trivia: Eisenhower is the US President whose remarks to Parliament included the most words spoken in French.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - November 14, 1953 - President Eisenhower addresses Canada's parliamentarians. Random trivia: Eisenhower is the US President whose remarks to Parliament included the most words spoken in French.
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments today on whether the Constitution requires New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor to be bilingual. No decision today, but here's the rundown: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘Ironic’ that N.B. had unilingual lieutenant-governor, chief justice says | CBC News
Canada’s top court spent Thursday grappling with whether the Constitution requires New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor to be bilingual — and what will happen if the answer turns out to be yes.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments today on whether the Constitution requires New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor to be bilingual. No decision today, but here's the rundown: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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...
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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/...
Proposed N.B. data centre would gobble up equivalent of nearly half of Tantramar gas plant’s electricity: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Proposed data centre would need almost half of Tantramar gas plant’s power | CBC News
A proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of Saint John would gobble up the equivalent of almost half the electricity N.B. Power will get from a controversial natural gas plant in the Tantramar ar...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Proposed N.B. data centre would gobble up equivalent of nearly half of Tantramar gas plant’s electricity: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Expos documentary on Netflix is very good. ⚾️
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Expos documentary on Netflix is very good. ⚾️
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Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
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Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour?
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...
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While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?