http://saintjohnshawn.com Views from Saint John, New Brunswick Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:04:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://saintjohnshawn.com/2011/03/27/deputy-mayor-stephen-chase-acclaimed-as-liberal-candidate-in-saint-john/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2011/03/27/deputy-mayor-stephen-chase-acclaimed-as-liberal-candidate-in-saint-john/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:22:01 +0000 Shawn acclaimed cares waterloo stephen stephen candidate chase record http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=2367 It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly four years since I worked on Stephen’s last municipal campaign! Since then we have become good friends, which is why I am glad to hear the following news today: Saint John Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase has been acclaimed as the Liberal Candidate for Saint John. The Campaign [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2011/03/27/deputy-mayor-stephen-chase-acclaimed-as-liberal-candidate-in-saint-john/feed/ 1 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/07/28/wafergate-telegraph-journal-publisher-and-editor-lose-their-jobs/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/07/28/wafergate-telegraph-journal-publisher-and-editor-lose-their-jobs/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:51:20 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=922 According to CBC News, the Telegraph-Journal has made some major changes in wake of “Wafergate”. You may recall the front page headline in the Telegraph-Journal on July 8th, 2009 – ‘It’s a scandal’ – Catholics demand explanation for PM pocketing communion wafer at LeBlanc funeral. The article included a ridiculous story about the Prime Minister [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/07/28/wafergate-telegraph-journal-publisher-and-editor-lose-their-jobs/feed/ 1 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/02/17/mock-plains-of-abraham-battle-is-cancelled/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/02/17/mock-plains-of-abraham-battle-is-cancelled/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:19:19 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=585 Today, it was announced that the re-enactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham would be cancelled. The mock battle was supposed to be the highlight of a series of commemorative activities this summer in Quebec City to mark the 250th anniversary of the battle in which the British beat the French for control [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2009/02/17/mock-plains-of-abraham-battle-is-cancelled/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/12/22/harper-names-18-new-senators/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/12/22/harper-names-18-new-senators/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:15:30 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=437 Today, the Prime Minister has named 18 people to the senate. According to the Conservative press release: “The incoming Senators have all pledged to support eight-year term limits and other Senate reform legislation.  Each incoming Senator has also declared his or her unwavering commitment to support Canadian unity and oppose the coalition.” Below are bios [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/12/22/harper-names-18-new-senators/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/15/tory-support-in-new-brunswick-grows/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/15/tory-support-in-new-brunswick-grows/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:05 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=283 It was an exciting election that went down to the wire. At the end of the day, another Conservative minority government was elected. Several of their big wins took place right here in New Brunswick. Saint John – Conservative Rodney Weston upsets the incumbent Liberal Paul Zed in a close race.  Only 495 votes separated [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/15/tory-support-in-new-brunswick-grows/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/10/stephane-dion-doesnt-understand-atv-interview-with-steve-murphy/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/10/stephane-dion-doesnt-understand-atv-interview-with-steve-murphy/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:28:46 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=279 Everyone needs to watch this video before casting their vote on Tuesday. The Liberal leader Stéphane Dion is asked a SIMPLE question around the economy, and he fails to understand it. Too bad that 67% of our population only speaks English.

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/10/10/stephane-dion-doesnt-understand-atv-interview-with-steve-murphy/feed/ 6 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/25/three-ways-to-increase-voter-turnout-without-resorting-to-mandatory-voting/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/25/three-ways-to-increase-voter-turnout-without-resorting-to-mandatory-voting/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:43:41 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=234 As I watched a CBC show around mandatory voting, I came to the conclusion that it’s not a matter of forcing people to vote; but, the ultimate issue is with our current electoral system. While the country has changed a great deal since 1867, our electoral system has not.  Obviously, changes such as allowing women [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/25/three-ways-to-increase-voter-turnout-without-resorting-to-mandatory-voting/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/09/the-pooping-puffin/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/09/the-pooping-puffin/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:44:58 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=219 One of the more interesting stories so far in this election campaign is the “Pooping Puffin”.  For anyone curious, it was a video shown on the Conservative party’s notaleader.ca website (until taken down earlier today). It showed a puffin pooping on Stéphane Dion’s shoulder. Not to defend the party; but, I really don’t see how [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/09/the-pooping-puffin/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/06/politics-in-canada-update/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/06/politics-in-canada-update/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:12:45 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/?p=217 As you may remember, I launched a Facebook application earlier this year called Politics in Canada. Since the launch, the number of people using it has grown to over five hundred! With a new Federal Election on the way, I’ve decided to start making some updates to the application. One of the changes includes new [...]

]]> http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/09/06/politics-in-canada-update/feed/ 0 http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/02/28/its-been-a-good-week-for-the-conservative-party-of-canada/ http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/02/28/its-been-a-good-week-for-the-conservative-party-of-canada/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:22:23 +0000 Shawn http://saintjohnshawn.com/2008/02/28/its-been-a-good-week-for-the-conservative-party-of-canada/ As this week comes to an end, I can only sit back and say that it’s been a good week for the Conservative Party of Canada. Who could have expected so many confidence motions to pass without any fuss from the Liberals. I had thought the 2008 budget would be the most likely cause of [...]

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