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("Tax proposed for suburban commuters," TJ, Jan. 4, 2012.) ]]></description></item><item><title>Brand N.B. as land  of opportunity</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468734</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ce28f4c1a40a966972595a0fadae040c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The provincial government has set precise goals for economic development. To reach these goals, cabinet needs to reconsider the role that immigration can play in New Brunswick&#039;s economy.]]></description></item><item><title>Commuter toll  taxes credibility</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468699</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/faf252d4da8c2b161f154c4da309aa98</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The idea that Saint John can tax its way to prosperity by tolling commuters would be laughable, if councillors weren&#039;t so serious about it. ]]></description></item><item><title>Right call on health care</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468717</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1301e5e5e9dcd2a7c38232b717404f1d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unlike most of Canada&#039;s provincial premiers and the nattering nabobs of the left, I think federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq are taking the right tack on the future of health care in Canada. Refreshingly so.]]></description></item><item><title>2012: let the good times roll</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468690</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/31903eaa6b358e1d0212f1672014d07d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Survey results indicate a vast majority of Canadians are anticipating positive things in 2012.]]></description></item><item><title>Shale gas is an opportunity worth seizing: industry</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468679</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/28524e7c807ec55d7bf2c81cc0adfb07</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Exploring for natural gas, and the prospect of commercial development of the resource from deep shale rock formations, is new to New Brunswick.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468478</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/44bddb3b628cb5a8a554e035b1346dc8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just because Margaret Thatcher "stood for thrift, sound money, and balanced budgets" (Claire Berlinski, TJ Commentary, Jan. 2) doesn&#039;t mean she can be absolved from the ruinous unintended consequences of her rule .]]></description></item><item><title>Wrap up city's  pension plan</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468473</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f5294a49fd78e4b93cd1d2e4cda6d745</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is common to hear that stock market turmoil caused the massive deficit in Saint John&#039;s municipal pension plan. Market downturns certainly triggered the losses, but a number of other variables put the plan in a weak position - several of them within the city&#039;s control. ]]></description></item><item><title>Replace municipal  pension plans</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468460</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e6af9d64bab91b11f46f012e4ac0477f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The provincial government has designated 2012 as the year when it will deal with the issue of regionalization. ]]></description></item><item><title>Higher wages would hinder job creation</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468477</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/a00014d19cd1dc2e54632bc583cbe30c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In recent months, there has been plenty of discussion about the increase of the minimum wage in New Brunswick, and how this has been linked to the government&#039;s poverty reduction strategy.]]></description></item><item><title>Where 'Occupy' went wrong</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468471</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/41bb0a1c121c4bf1e8fe001416c62fe7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Over the Christmas break, I watched Inside Job, the movie that tells how greed and a lack of conscience by CEOs and other senior management at large American financial houses led to the economic collapse of 2008. ]]></description></item><item><title>PM may face divided NDP</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468453</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/add6c020d682cd1ee6d83098964c0a13</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On May 2, 2011, voters gave Stephen Harper a "strong, stable, Conservative majority government" and made Jack Layton the leader of the Opposition.]]></description></item><item><title>One good deed  deserves  another</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468301</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8fb53a2a4599e6cff5dd08037d2d4366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Late last week, federal Veteran&#039;s Affairs Minister Steven Blaney ordered last-minute reviews of several rejected claims for compensation. The claims were made under a program for veterans and civilians who were exposed to toxic defoliant Agent Orange.]]></description></item><item><title>Saint John: N.B.'s  creative hub</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468297</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c624078201d585b4dcd4920ab71bee28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Saint John takes a justifiable pride in its heavy industries, which drive New Brunswick&#039;s economy.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468271</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/5ad4b6fd7f6fcacefa1e905fb4983dc9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With regard to transfer payments and the opinion of Ontarionians, what about the billions of dollars that have been spent in Ontario? As PM Harper admitted, out of 30 odd federal government corporations, every one was in either Ontario or Quebec.]]></description></item><item><title>Is 2012 really the end?</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468291</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/912830dfa87c636ba9d2492e399822f9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The last New Year&#039;s Day in human history is here.]]></description></item><item><title>She made me run!</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468268</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/5ab7913bff01cdab2d94c40d28ab1254</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not often that a political wife presents herself as The Decider. ]]></description></item><item><title>A modest proposal to reduce market mayhem</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468255</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9b4990964ee2dd19e719c1cffddf2843</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recent wild swings in the stock market not surprisingly have unsettled many investors. Yet, they have led to exorbitant profits for high-frequency traders, and few if any profits for retail participants in the market.]]></description></item><item><title>City's momentum  comes from within</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468073</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/13a68fd13d8f86fba9b9a0b9acdd8a00</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Saint John is home to some 68,000 people. Most seem to know what they want from City Hall: water that they can drink safely; streets they can drive on without wrecking their vehicles&#039; suspension; effective bus service; and recreation facilities where their children can play. ]]></description></item><item><title>Heed call for  fiscal reform</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468061</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/193a71206c185906860dc8e6930b7864</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Brunswick legislators face some daunting challenges in 2012. Government must bring the value and productivity of the economy up, while bringing public spending down.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468053</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f24a7c7e4569a63f219f62b31158a767</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Time marches on as we bid farewell to another year and look forward to embracing 2012 with optimism, hope and new challenges.]]></description></item><item><title>Health care, Dutch treat</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468067</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/90a60350caa382b6e84844b2230a6301</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Canadians seeking surgical or therapeutic treatment will wait a median of 19 weeks between an appointment with their physician and when they receive treatment. ]]></description></item><item><title>What does 2012 hold for the federal opposition?</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468056</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1f35863f7dd210fab1e46fb82d31b5ee</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The outcome of the 2011 federal election was ideal for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, not only because he won a majority government, but because there is now a weak and divided opposition lacking a clear "government-in-waiting" (though some may dispute this latter assertion).]]></description></item><item><title>Myths about the 'Iron Lady'</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468049</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/78ecf5b6d69e386136feef73e83e79e1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Britain in the early 1970s was decayed, ungovernable and globally irrelevant, done in by the cumulative effect of postwar socialist reforms. ]]></description></item><item><title>Saving lives, one at a time</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467862</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/046c7a410f746f25ee3de30dc4b7289b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 2005, a native of Swaziland visited the town of Hampton, New Brunswick and spoke about the AIDS epidemic. The citizens of Hampton decided to help and got involved. ]]></description></item><item><title>Worst predictions of 2011</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467851</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b8e55b5b2345ac7ae3107cb1ad27a85a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here are the worst global predictions of 2011:]]></description></item><item><title>Canada's federal leaders must do better</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467804</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/85876fe1e896b33acbc81d1c9dff75e6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It has been a very busy year in politics, particularly federal politics, although there was a lot going on provincially as well. Today, I will look back on the year from a federal perspective. 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Not there yet</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467497</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/158c4c51366bc17c7e1ce008df3ae537</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Saint John Common Council must bring greater order and accountability to its budget process. Councillors could start by asking a few key questions: Where are city staffers on the issue of efficiency? ]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467498</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2618d831ceb8f78955ea9a29bc4224e8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It appears that the Occupy Wall Street movement is slowly fading; what was their point anyway? 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