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24-27 August 2007 – Grand Manan, NB
Friday, 24 August 2007, 9:18 am, Seal Cove, Grand Manan, NB Away from the house just after 9:30 a.m., and at the ferry dock in Blacks Harbour by 10:30. Fine crossing, with two sightings of whales; although the ferry was an … Continue reading
Posted in 05 Years Ago, New Brunswick
Tagged Blacks Harbour New Brunswick, Canada, Chief administrative officer, Grand Harbour, Grand Manan, Grand Manan ferry, Grand Manan Island, Grand Manan NB, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Mortal Dreams of the Demigod, New Brunswick, outdoors, Seal Cove, Travel
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Tax Dollars and Sense
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 20 Courier Weekend (St. Stephen, NB), 31/41, A-5, 28 November 2008 . Municipalities obtain very little cash from the province. In fact, only about 9% of municipal revenues derive from transfer payments. The bulk of municipal … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Thoughts, Taxation
Tagged Canada, Chief administrative officer, Democracy, fiscal gap, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, International bridge, Jean-Guy Finn, Local government, Municipal revenues, NAFTA, New Brunswick, Property tax, property tax revenues, Provincial grants, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Transfer payments
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Government: Who Does What?
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 3 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/19, C-5, 12 February 2008 . When it comes to their government, citizens are sometimes unsure who is responsible for what. An essential difference is between what a … Continue reading
Posted in New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Accountability, Canada, Chief administrative officer, Citizenship, Council–manager government, Democracy, Direct democracy, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, liberal democracy, Local government, New Brunswick, Policy, Pools, Public service, Public works, representative government, Roads, Saint Croix Courier, Social capital, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Water transmission
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Powers of Local Government & their Limitations
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 2 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/14, B-8, 8 January 2008 We live in a province that uses legislation to regulate its municipalities that was enacted in 1966, over forty years ago. That … Continue reading
Posted in New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Campobello Island, Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Chief administrative officer, Constitution Act of Canada, Cultural Revolution, Franklin Roosevelt, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Henry Kissinger, Indira Gandhi, Leonid Brezhnev, Local government, Lyndon Johnson, Mao Tse-tung, Municipalities Act of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Politics, Public service, Richard Nixon, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Viet Nam, Zhou Enlai
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Population Growth and Municipal Demographics
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 4 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/20, B-11, 19 February 2008 There’s been a lot of discussion about how to increase the population of New Brunswick. Immigration is one of the keys. Canada’s ethno-cultural profile shows a … Continue reading
Motivation and Money
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 10 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/29, B-16, 22 April 2008 Motivation is usually defined as the “intensity, direction, and persistence of effort” sustained by an individual in reaching a goal. Motivators vary … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Civil Thoughts, New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Achievement, Affiliation, Alan Blinder, Aldous Huxley, Canada, Chief administrative officer, Goals, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, Kenneth Thomas, Local government, Money, Motivation, New Brunswick, Organization, Point Counter Point, Politics, Power, Public interest, Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen New Brunswick
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A Better Public Service
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 19 Courier Weekend (St. Stephen, NB), 31/37, A-5, 31 October 2008 St. Stephen must be adaptive to enable innovative solution of many of our primary problems. Some of the most pressing problems that the Town has … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Civil Thoughts, New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Accountability, Canada, Chief administrative officer, Citizen engagement, Citizenship, Community, Democracy, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, New Brunswick, Operational plan, Politics, Public interest, Public service, Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Strategic planning, Sustainable development
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