When are you going to wake up New Brunswick?
But let us not make the opposite error of reposting the coerced protestations of these individuals against next months trade talks in Saint John. It is surely naive of anyone to think that the Atlantic provinces could possibly afford to lose an important trade junket over the needling of the short-sighted left regarding big corporation and their influence on our so-called "way of life". More importantly, let's allow Moncton economist David Campbell (aka It's the Economy Stupid!) to put the week of leftist mutterings into better perspective...
Can you believe there is actually an organized movement against Atlantica? I find this the most amazing thing I have heard in a long, long time. New Brunswick has not had average - just national average - population growth since Confederation and there are organized attempts to crush a few small efforts to move the area forward.
What the bleep are they worried about? That furthern integration with Maine will lead to a dilution of our culture and values? Cripes, 14 straight years of net out-migration will corrode culture and values more than any theoretical issues related to Atlantica.
I'm convinced that there is a segment of society so entrenched in ideology that no person or province will get in their way. I, for one, have thrown ideology to the wind in favour of action and effort.
