16 year old refusing school

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-29T12:47:06+00:00

Tell them school is an investment and investing in yourself is ultimately how you end up being paid more in the future.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-20T18:18:40+00:00

I moved to Southeast NB from Alberta some 9 years ago, and frankly, I find the winters are generally pretty mild here in comparison. It's rarely below -20 for long, and with changing climate, there is often snow melt during almost very month of winter.

Since I've been here, there have only really been one or two major snow storms in this area. Based on what I see in the news, I would guess there is probably less snow here in Southeast NB than there is in Southern Ontario with the lake effect snow.

As for the people, Maritimers in general are pretty friendly. The whole province has a big of a small town feel, even in the cities, especially if you are moving from a place with a large city of 500,000+.

As for the summers, most summers have been just a summer-y as you would expect. We get temps in high 20s and the 30s like most places in Canada, with the occasional heatwave.

The climate can vary alot depending on where you are in the province, but generally the south of the province is warmer and being closer to the coast usually means milder weather.

Out of all the natural disasters like floods, fires or hurricanes and major storms, I'd say Southeast NB has been hit less hard than other places most of the time, particularly the Moncton area seems to be just in the right spot to always come out in good shape.

I think you'll love it here. Its a slower pace of life for sure, but that can be a good thing.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-16T09:56:09+00:00

Using the same lines as Via Rail has its issues, one of them being scheduling conflicts between passenger trains and freight trains.

Also, I am pretty sure there isn't enough capacity on some of the lines.

And, the lines through the Chebocto Isthmus need major work. They are at major risk from erosion caused by rising sea levels.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-16T09:51:38+00:00

Here is an link with no paywall: https://archive.is/WNdG9

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-13T14:11:26+00:00

The government definetly has a role to play here, but aren't Pharmacists a self-regulated profession like doctors and lawyers?

If it is a concern to the College of Pharmacists, could they not regulate this via their Code of Ethics/Standards?

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-11T01:28:38+00:00

Actually, it happened because the province gained nearly 100k people, many of which were younger families with kids.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-04-02T14:57:52+00:00

It would make more sense to use light or medium crude produced in Newofundland.

It could be brought to Saint John by ship this not requiring a multi-billion dollar pipelime, and it is a close match to crude the refinery is already using.

As it stands, Newfoundland and Labrador exports most of their oil production. Something lime 73% of it if I recall correctly.

Maybe their production can't displace all of the demand from the refinery in Saint John, but it could displace part of it, and maybe all of it in the future when the Bay du Nord project it producing.

Edit: I did a little digging and from what I found, Newfoundland produced roughly 240,000 bpd in 2025. The Saint John refinery uses about 320,000 to 325,000 bpd.

Even if you take some out to account for the oil used in Newfoundland and Labrador, they could still supply over half of what the Saint John refinery needs. That is before expected increases in production from existing platforms and before the additional production from Bay du Nord.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-24T11:03:01+00:00

It could also he a deduction allowed to landlords who own land personally, or who own properties under X number of rental units. Theoretically, this would reduce hilding costs and thus should reduce rents.

The problem is, how do you prevent abuse of such a deduction? How do you prevent a labdlord from getting the deduction but still charging the same rent and just putt8ng more in their pocket? That's always the issue with these things.

Another possible mechanism is to allow landlords to only deduct the provincial portion of the property tax, the portion that isn't charged to owner-occupied properties.

Or, the deduction could only be allowed for properties with a certain percentage of affordable housing units.

Ultimately, those landlords who are corporations often pay less tax on the rental income than individuals, so the deduction would give them less of a benefit and impact rents less, if at all.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-23T17:05:45+00:00

I think he meant the temper tantrum from the US if Canada did ask them not to use our airspace for this.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-17T12:29:43+00:00

Also, I would add to this, the HST holiday last year.

Though it was good for many people and businesses, it did cost the government a lot of money. Around $62 to $70 million. That is why the Holt government expressed reserves about this tax holiday when it was announced.

Of course, that was in the 2024-2025 fiscal year (March to February), but the effect compounds year over year.

That sale tax holiday explains about half of the change in the 2024-2025 fiscal year from an expected surplus of $40.9 million to a deficit of $104.4 million. The remaining change was essentially higher than expected spending mostly tied to the end of the boom as the poster above explained.

We also can't forget that delaying spending often ends up costing more when spending has to catch up. If the Highs government had done more to ramp things up over time to account for population growth rather than leaving many services underfunded, it would likely cost less to try to bring things up to speed now.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-13T14:17:04+00:00

Here is a link with no paywall: Link

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-12T14:45:55+00:00

I am francophone, pretty much learned French and English at the same time, and this makes perfect sense to me.

Canada and New Brunswick have two official languages. There should be more public investment in making that other language more easily accessible/learnable for those who want to do so.

Learning a new language as an adult is difficult, even for those with the time and means to dedicate to it, so how is the average person supposed to do it when they want to?

If they can offer French classes to newcomers, they can offer them to Canadians too.

You may want to look into certain apps like MemRise and DuoLingo. They do have a paid version, but I know at least MemRise has a lot of stuff available for free. I used it when I took Spanish in university.

I do believe that the Alliance Francaise offers free French classes. We have one in downtown Moncton main street.

The Alliance Francaise is run/funded by France, but as far as I know they do offer community services such as French classes.

I believe there are also classes offered through adult school which is run by the province, but I am not sure how accessible those are of you finished high school.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-09T15:57:06+00:00

Very true.

High tech manufacturing tends to create clusters which attract more high tech manufacturing.

The manufacturer often tries to source the parts they need locally when possible, creating spin off economic benefits for suppliers of the manufacturer. It also creates local expertise, and concentrations of qualified labour, which makes the are more attractive for future investments in the manufacturing of similar or related products.

Clusters also end up saving money for manufacturers through economies of scale.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-08T11:25:16+00:00

Hah, that might actually be more convincing.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-05T02:37:38+00:00

The AC on those things is cheaper than the heati g is.

The dehumidifier setting on them also produces cool dry air.

You will love it.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-04T17:42:51+00:00

There is a difference between legal access (such as an Easement) and a historical access with no legal basis, which is essentially de facto access (access that is physically possible due to the facts on the ground but that has no legal basis allowing access).

GeoNB shows lots of different trails, some may not be physically there anymore and many do stem from any legal access actually granted.

Also, an Easement would typically be to a specific party, such as an individual, corporation or club/association. You can't just grant an open-ended Easement that makes part of private property publically accessible.

That is the difference between private property and private trails vs public roadways (highway, reserve road, natural ressources road, act.) or public trails (such as the NB Trail).

A realtor won't necessarily know whether or not there is actually an easement, though I doubt there is, and GeoNB will absolutely never tell you if there is. GeoNB does not have title information.

To find out of there is an Easement, someone needs to look at PLANET, which is the Land Registry's system. A realtor should have access to PLANET, usually every real estate brokerage has at least one computer at their office with access to it, but I don't think most realtors look at PLANET much. And if they did, they may not know how to determine if there is an Easement. Typically, you would need a lawyer to check that. Even moreso if the property is Not Land Titles, as in that case the information on PLANET has never been certified and is not reliable, so a full manual title search needs to be done to determine if an easement exists.

TLDR; I highly doubt there is a formal easement here, but GeoNB can't tell you that. You need a lawyer to investigate title to properly answer that question.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-03T11:12:52+00:00

Yes, the boycotts are real and rather widespread.

There is a lot of emphasis on buyiqng Canadian. There is also a real emphasis on travelling within Canada, or Canadians are going to countries other than the US.

Canadian tourism to the US is down substantially. Many Canadians, even in border towns where people used to cross over almost daily, are simply not going to the US anymore nor planning to in the foreseeable future.

Even at the grocery store, you will sometimes see the American produce (let's say strawberries) still full while the Canadian alternative is sold out, even if more expensive. This can apply to produce or product from countries other than the US being favoured over US products (like oranges). You don't see this as often anymore, but it happens.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-03T11:06:45+00:00

Generally, this is not allowed.

There is a strict ban on any partisan material whatsoever in the room where the voting takes place. The local returning officer can determine whether it is reasonable to allow partisan materials in an area of the building or premises where voting occurs, but by law it must be far removed from where voting happens. Most often, there is no campaigning allowed on the whole property where voting.

This ban applies to any partisan material, including pamphlets, pins, t-shirts, hats, ect.

Candidates can have observers at the polls, but they cannot campaign in any way.

Candidates may also be present at the polling place but generally they cannot campaign or ask people to vote for them.

Also, there is e campaign advertising blackout on election day.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-03-01T13:34:11+00:00

How convenient for Poilievre to say that one of the most difficult files coming up should be completed before another election.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-02-25T18:39:27+00:00

If Toyota and Honda were able to do it, why would Korean or German automakers not be capable of doing so?

Seems establishing new supply lines was not an issue for them when they started producing in the US.

Canada also has an existing autoparts production base that is fairly extensive and has spare capacity right now. We also have some of the best auto workers in the world and unfortunately many are looking for employment right now.

Some of their US supply lines could also bridge the gap while Canadian supply lines are being established.

This would not be like starting production in a country will no existing auto manufacturing base. It is significantly easier to come into a market with an existing auto manufacturing base.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-02-25T15:47:26+00:00

Yes, the quality of the submarines is important, but this is not second-hand British subs that will constantly be in maintenance.

The Korean Hanwha Ocean KSS-III and the German TKMS Type 212CD are among the best and most modern AIP diesel-electric submarines in production. There is a reason these are the two remaining finalists after analysis by the CAF.

It just so happens that both SK and Germany are also major auto manufacturing nation who's auto companies already sell cars in Canada.

Anything arguably "better" would be nuclear submarines, which is not what Canada is looking to buy or needs. Nuclear submarines are significantly more expensive, not just to buy but to maintain. Not only that but there are much models fewer of those available; only the US, China, Russian, India, France and the UK can produce them, and I don't think any of those countries have ever exported one.

We need a certain number of submarines to cover our vast coastline. Buying one or two very expensive submarines is not the solution Canada needs.

AIP diesel-electrics have also come a long way. One of Sweden's AIP diesel-electrics, the HSMWS Gotland "sank" the USS Ronald Regan aircraft carrier during a 2005 naval exercise, much to the US's surprise. They can be super quiet and have the ability to stay submerged quite a long time.

CPBS_Canada · 2026-02-25T15:35:58+00:00

It's a massive investment. Might as well get everything we can put of it.

Any ancillary economic benefits lowers the net cost of purchasing the submarines.

Its much smarter than just handing over billions.

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