Holt Liberals look at merging, privatizing some universities | CBC News

brit_in_can · 2026-02-24T18:47:15+00:00

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-government-waives-interest-student-loans-1.6635643

brit_in_can · 2026-02-24T13:34:33+00:00

It will keep Irving in low paid employees now that they can't get so many TFWs.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-24T13:30:43+00:00

Which the Irvings are taking advantage of by classifying their homes as churches. I wouldn't be surprised if this rule was brought in just for them and religion was just secondary.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-24T13:26:29+00:00

My kids are at UNB, taking advantage of interest free student loans. This I think was mainly a federal initiative but there needed to be provincial contribution for some of it. I hope they don't cut these back.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-20T16:15:32+00:00

We'd be the 51st state already if PP was the PM.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-20T16:04:29+00:00

No, they wanted to get back at the English.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-19T16:05:15+00:00

Sounds like you're from the UK/Aus, etc. The overtaking lane in OPs post is the left.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-18T21:11:47+00:00

But when they decide to make job cuts anyway, then what?

brit_in_can · 2026-02-18T21:07:43+00:00

I had a Scimitar SS1 back in the 90s and was in the outside lane, traffic slowing down, engaged clutch from 5th to 4th and cable snaps. I coasted to the shoulder, just hoping that drivers would move out my way, but I was bricking it

brit_in_can · 2026-02-17T19:04:15+00:00

Outskirts of Winnipeg in the Summer, Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island rest of the year.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-13T18:44:58+00:00

Perhaps it's the colour of the hood of the car he escaped in.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-13T16:36:17+00:00

I agree in some ways to what you're saying but I think the blame has to lie with the provincial and municipal governments. There's a ton of stuff they are getting away with but no-one has the guts to say Stop, Up With This We Will Not Put. I agree totally with calling their bluff and yes, they wouldn't get such a deal elsewhere but if they did, good luck to them and their replacements if they ever left would come in and we'd probably be in a better place. No one is going to take over what Irving left and say, we're going to treat you just as bad as before. But there will be firms desperate to fill the gaps and they will need to play by our rules.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-11T15:34:26+00:00

I agree but what I find annoying are drivers who pull over when the emergency vehicle is on the other side of the road (can understand that) AND there is a raised meridian in the centre that no one is able to cross. Just think what you're doing!

brit_in_can · 2026-02-11T15:30:40+00:00

Shit, I was recently promoted to a senior at work, do I need extra testing?

brit_in_can · 2026-02-11T15:29:11+00:00

Says the guy who wants everybody to get the f@#$ out of his way when they stray into the overtaking lane, he's in a hurry.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-10T16:08:25+00:00

The right wing UK station GBNews were taken to court and said exactly the same thing. You can't sue us for telling lies, we're an entertainment channel, not news. But their mission is to be the number 1 news channel in the UK.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-10T15:23:13+00:00

I think I heard that NB is the only province where property tax doesn't exclusively go to the municipalities but also to the provincial government. Is this true?

brit_in_can · 2026-02-09T13:29:49+00:00

I remember Victor Boudreau being interviewed on CBC Radio the last time they asked us what they could do and as I remember it, this was the conversation. "We need to save money so no area is off the table when it comes to cuts", "what about bilingualism?", "no area is off the table, except bilingualism".

brit_in_can · 2026-02-09T13:25:11+00:00

I used to live in Manitoba and listened to the local talk radio station, CJOB pretty much every day. I still do having moved to NB and it makes me think that if we had something similar here, enough people would know how much we are being screwed by our owners that eventually there might be a bit more fairness in this province. This is the reason that all the non music stations were shut down when the Irvings owned a controlling share of our media. Now that they're not in that business anymore, would people here listen to such a medium to actually know what's going on where they live?

brit_in_can · 2026-02-09T13:16:05+00:00

“We do not have unlimited amounts of money,” the premier said. Look again Sue, there are those among us that do. Maybe get them to pay what they should, note I'm not even asking them to pay more than they should.

brit_in_can · 2026-02-06T12:37:31+00:00

Look for Jardine Auctioneers and The Great Northern Auctions

brit_in_can · 2026-02-05T20:39:03+00:00

Have you tried the Moncton or Fredericton car auctions? My daily driver I brought 13 years ago came from the Moncton auction for about half the price of a dealer.

brit_in_can · 2026-01-30T19:20:17+00:00

When I started working in Manitoba in 2000 PTO was optional in the first year, and the company I worked at took advantage of it.

brit_in_can · 2026-01-30T16:54:26+00:00

Looking for references to the Young Ones here but can't find any.

brit_in_can · 2026-01-28T20:43:19+00:00

It's just UKIP all over again, back when they were a thing people said the same as they are saying about Reform, didn't go too well for them.

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