Monday, September 26, 2005
IT'S ALMOST OVER FOR US IN THIS WORLD!
When people like these guys are dying? Well, it shows us that we really got old real fast! It's almost over for us on this planet. Hey? Has to be a better life than this one.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS TO VOTE NOVEMBER 28 ON NEW PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM!!!
PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS TO VOTE NOVEMBER 28 ON NEW PROPORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (www.vivenewbrunswick.com)
The PEI government has set November 28 as the date when islanders will decide in a plebiscite whether to replace first past the post voting with a mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system. Electoral Reform Commissioner Norman Carruthers proposed the MMP system in a report sent to the Premier in December 2003.
PEI will become the second province to vote on a new proportional voting system.
British Columbia held the first referendum on May 17 with 57% of the voters supporting the proportional voting system proposed for that province.
The Carruthers MMP proposal for PEI has received high marks from Fair Vote Canada.
For more details on the FVC assessment of the proposed MMP system for PEI and proportional voting systems proposed in three other provinces:
www.fairvotecanada.org/updir/provsystems-march305.pdf.
For more information on the PEI reform process, visit: www.electoralfuture.pe.ca.
FREDERICTON METHADONE CLINIC - GOOD WORK FROM GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES????
Last Sunday, I was volunteering at the Fredericton Soup Kitchen.
It’s a great atmosphere and it passed the time for moi.
There’s always something to do at the Soup Kitchen.
On a few occasions someone would drop over some food or sandwiches from an event.
Last Sunday was no exception but it was different.
Some individuals showed up with sandwiches and told the staff that it was from the Methadone clinic.
Did I heard the word - Fund raising????
Fund raising for a methadone clinic????
Sounds like a good idea to me! This should have been done years ago because we have a major Dilaudid problem in this Province.
Today, I walked into the Detox section of the Methadone clinic and asked some questions.
They weren’t fund raising.
One client asked if it was possible for the clients and workers to go for a bike ride and that’s what they did.
A 30 km ride!!!
My first question -Were the government employees paid time and a half???
The answer was – No!!! They did it from the goodness in their heart!
I heard some bad stories once the methadone clinic was transferred to Government hands at the Old Victoria Hospital.
It used to be located a few blocks away and they had the help from a nurse from U.N.B.!
Well? Other clinic in Miramichi, Moncton and Saint John should follow the same fine example as the one in the Capital!
Good work!
It’s a great atmosphere and it passed the time for moi.
There’s always something to do at the Soup Kitchen.
On a few occasions someone would drop over some food or sandwiches from an event.
Last Sunday was no exception but it was different.
Some individuals showed up with sandwiches and told the staff that it was from the Methadone clinic.
Did I heard the word - Fund raising????
Fund raising for a methadone clinic????
Sounds like a good idea to me! This should have been done years ago because we have a major Dilaudid problem in this Province.
Today, I walked into the Detox section of the Methadone clinic and asked some questions.
They weren’t fund raising.
One client asked if it was possible for the clients and workers to go for a bike ride and that’s what they did.
A 30 km ride!!!
My first question -Were the government employees paid time and a half???
The answer was – No!!! They did it from the goodness in their heart!
I heard some bad stories once the methadone clinic was transferred to Government hands at the Old Victoria Hospital.
It used to be located a few blocks away and they had the help from a nurse from U.N.B.!
Well? Other clinic in Miramichi, Moncton and Saint John should follow the same fine example as the one in the Capital!
Good work!
I LOVE THIS COMMENT FROM A READER!!!!
Do I miss the CBC? I do simply because otherwise in Saint John we have no local up-to-date newscasts, and at least with the CBC I was getting the morning and evening news sent to me by e-mail, and I could link to New Brunswick stories.
Quite often I get calls from the Telegraph Journal to ask if I subscribe to their newspaper, and of course they know I don't otherwise they wouldn't be calling my number. They always attempt to offer me the current special if I subscribe. Normally I cut them off and tell them I am simply not interested. The last time they called they told me if I subscribed my name would be put into a draw to receive $500.00 worth of gasoline from Irving, and I told them I am noting interested in receiving anything from Irving, period. Sometimes when they call I ask them the question, "why would I pay Mr. Irving to read yesterday's news, when I can go online and read today's news, today. Things were different when we had an evening paper, The Evening Times Globe, because at least some of what was in the paper actually happened that day, now all we get is stale news in the Telegraph Journal. On top of that both Moncton and Fredericton have their own newspapers while Saint John now is stuck with a newspaper which has very little Saint John content, and instead it is basically a provincial newspaper. If I buy a Saint John newspaper I want mainly Saint John news.
There should be a law against one family owning and controlling what news people are entitled to receive. Newspapers are supposed to be unbiased, but when you have one of the wealthiest family's in Canada owing all of the media you can be sure that most negative stories about that family are not going to make it into those publications.
# posted by jwmcq : 10:13 AM
Quite often I get calls from the Telegraph Journal to ask if I subscribe to their newspaper, and of course they know I don't otherwise they wouldn't be calling my number. They always attempt to offer me the current special if I subscribe. Normally I cut them off and tell them I am simply not interested. The last time they called they told me if I subscribed my name would be put into a draw to receive $500.00 worth of gasoline from Irving, and I told them I am noting interested in receiving anything from Irving, period. Sometimes when they call I ask them the question, "why would I pay Mr. Irving to read yesterday's news, when I can go online and read today's news, today. Things were different when we had an evening paper, The Evening Times Globe, because at least some of what was in the paper actually happened that day, now all we get is stale news in the Telegraph Journal. On top of that both Moncton and Fredericton have their own newspapers while Saint John now is stuck with a newspaper which has very little Saint John content, and instead it is basically a provincial newspaper. If I buy a Saint John newspaper I want mainly Saint John news.
There should be a law against one family owning and controlling what news people are entitled to receive. Newspapers are supposed to be unbiased, but when you have one of the wealthiest family's in Canada owing all of the media you can be sure that most negative stories about that family are not going to make it into those publications.
# posted by jwmcq : 10:13 AM
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