On bowing very low
Editor’s note: This is a guest submission from the another Philip Lee (my Dad), who writes under the byline Philip J. Lee, otherwise known as the older, wiser and more well spoken Lee. There has been much negative comment about President Obama bowing from the waist, no less, before the Japanese Emperor. The critics found it unseemly that a President of the United

A big nod to New Brunswick’s Eilish Cleary
The Globe and Mail’s lead editorial today offers much deserved praise for the clear-headed leadership of New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, Eilish Cleary. Despite the struggles of the H1N1 vaccination program across the country, New Brunswick has been fortunate to have Dr. Cleary i

Salty Ink
Check out the new blog that celebrates Atlantic Canadian writing. There’s lots to celebrate.

McKenna on the big power play
Frank McKenna writes in support of the NB Power sale to Hydro Quebec.

What’s the alternative?
David Campbell explores the alternatives to the NB Power to Hydro Quebec sale. This seems to me to be a key question: if we are going to reject the deal with Hydro Quebec, what is the alternative? Is there a better deal out there? Or is this an opportunity that we better not pass up?