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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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Re-upping one of my best-ever puns from the other place.
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VIDEO: four key numbers from the budget in less than four minutes. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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There’s a separate carbon price on large industry that is not affected by the elimination of the consumer price.
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She also talked about how N.B. Power's precarious financial position makes it harder to roll the dice with surcharges on exports, and about "many different options" she's looking at to deal with the utility's debt, including selling it off. "That's on the table," she said.
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The main thrust of Holt's news conference was to explain why cutting off or applying a surcharge to N.B. Power's electricity sales to Maine carries major risks for the utility and the province.
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Also from Holt at the same news conference, about the plan to do weekly livestreamed briefings: 'It’s my job to connect with New Brunswickers in a time of uncertainty."
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Reposted the link above because I mistakenly deleted the post while trying to thread this map Rob found that nicely illustrates the reality described in my story. bsky.app/profile/robh...
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Definitely!
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A good explanation of past examples, but could use some context as to why — the executive and legislative branches as historically distinct, etc.
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Looking for a full 17-post thread by tonight tracing the family tree, with various train journey anecdotes, migratory data, Catholic arcana, transmission stats, etc.
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UPDATE: In the wake of Stewart's exit, Fredericton-Grand Lake PC MLA Kris Austin tells CBC News he is considering running federally. He says he's received "several" encouraging texts and calls this morning: "It’s something that I am considering."
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