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  Premier of New Brunswick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He or she is normally the leader of the party or coalition with the most seats in the New Brunswick legislature.
The premier is styled Honourable but is not a member of the privy council so this title is only for the duration of his or her term of office.
The premier is chosen by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Premier_of_New_Brunswick   (196 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: New Brunswick
New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay and on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait.
New Brunswick was one of the four original provinces of Canada formed with Confederation in 1867.
Following Confederation, New Brunswick suffered the effects of an economic downturn precipitated by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and the decline of the sailing shipbuilding industry, and compounded by the global recession sparked by the Panic of 1893.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Brunswick   (10275 words)

  
 Premier of New Brunswick -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The premier is styled (Click link for more info and facts about Honourable) Honourable but is not a member of the (An advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)) privy council so this title is only for the duration of his or her term of office.
The premier is chosen by the (Click link for more info and facts about Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick) Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
The current premier of New Brunswick is (Click link for more info and facts about Bernard Lord) Bernard Lord, who was first elected in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Premier_of_New_Brunswick.htm   (269 words)

  
 NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL ELECTION 99
New Brunswick nurses muscled their way into the campaign for the June 7 provincial election on Wednesday with a series of advertisements and a program designed to whip up public outrage against the hemorrhage of nurses and the erosion of health care.
The shipbuilding industry, a New Brunswick campaign issue since the days of the tall ships, is foundering and may sink a few political careers in the June 7 provincial election along with hundreds of jobs and a treasured way of life.
Premier Camille Theriault had to be escorted into his nominating convention in this seaside New Brunswick town by a phalanx of Liberal supporters and RCMP officers as about 60 demonstrators yelled at him and waved signs.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/nb.html   (5749 words)

  
 Government of New Brunswick - Office of the Premier
Working together, seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges to build a stronger New Brunswick for all were the central themes of this year's annual State of the Province Address, delivered by Premier Bernard Lord this evening in Fredericton.
Premier's statement on resignation of Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm (05/09/29)
Official Opening for Moncton Schools - An inauguration ceremony was held for the new $24.2-million schools in Moncton, Le Mascaret and L'Odyssée.
www.gnb.ca /0089/index-e.asp   (93 words)

  
 International Government Navigator
He is young, full of energy and brimming with ideas to uplift the future of New Brunswick, Canada - a province that borders the U.S. state of Maine and boasts beautiful sandy beaches along its Eastern, coastal boundary.
New Brunswick bills itself as a land rich in natural beauty and history where people from the English Isles and France migrated to meld with indigenous populations.
A densely forested region that transitions to a wild seaside bay boasting the "highest and wildest" tides in the world, New Brunswick was historically a land where men and women earned their way though a blend of physical work and strong character.
www.centerdigitalgov.com /international/story.php?docid=3030000000023624.0   (1736 words)

  
 Ministerial Biographies
The Honourable Morgan Grainger, Premier of New Brunswick (e-mail)
The Honourable Alison Brohman, Deputy Premier of New Brunswick (e-mail)
Born in rural New Brunswick, Cotoi quickly found that the environment around her was being exploited by companies destroying the environment while not helping New Brunswick in any way.
home.golden.net /~graingem/fedprov/biographies.html   (1326 words)

  
 Position Papers - Office of the Premier
While the Government of New Brunswick is not necessarily opposed to this, we feel that adequate funding of the health care system should naturally precede any federal involvement.
While the Government of New Brunswick is willing to discuss these issues, we must remind the federal government that we will not be willing to give up powers unless we receive equivalent powers in return.
Although Québeckers and New Brunswickers are as equally represented linguistically as the Canadian Anglophone population, Québec was granted little input, even though they have the largest Francophone population in Canada.
home.golden.net /~graingem/fedprov/fromthepremiersoffice.html   (496 words)

  
 Canada in the Making - Glossary
Chapleau was Québec premier from 1879 to 1882, and the province's lieutenant-governor from 1892 to 1898.
Father of Confederation, British Columbia Supreme Court judge in 1873, and premier of New Brunswick from 1856 to 1857.
He was often bitterly at odds with Pierre Vaudreuil, the governor general of New France, as Vaudreuil was born in the colony and was not part of the French aristocracy.
www.canadiana.org /citm/reference/biographies_e.html   (11053 words)

  
 Premier in New Brunswick to attend 1997 Annual Premiers' Conference
Premier Brian Tobin is in New Brunswick today to attend the 1997 Annual Premiers' Conference, to be held from August 6-8.
Premier Tobin's priorities for the Jobs and Growth discussions at the conference include ensuring a recognition of the different economic challenges faced by the different regions of the country, particularly in Eastern Canada.
Premier Tobin said: "I will be discussing the increasing cost of health care with the other premiers, and ways that, together with the Government of Canada, we can better meet Canadians' health care needs for the future.
www.gov.nl.ca /releases/1997/exec/0805n02.htm   (361 words)

  
 Frank McKenna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Francis Joseph (Frank) McKenna (born January 19, 1948) was a Premier of New Brunswick.
Born in Apohaqui[?], McKenna entered provincial politics in 1982 when he was elected to the New Brunswick legislative assembly.
During his lengthy term in office he was criticised for having never dealt with the power of the Irving Family[?] industrial interests that dominate the Province's economy and control three of the Province's four major newspapers.
www.termsdefined.net /fr/frank-mckenna.html   (236 words)

  
 Union Of New Brunswick Indians: What's New Events
Premier, that a basic principle we have agreed on is that we are not interested in discussing the extinguishment of our Aboriginal title, Aboriginal rights and Treaty rights.
Premier and to your people to come meet with us and our people and let us take the time and put in the forethought to reason together and resolve the issues that confront us.
Premier, meet with us at least four times a year and that your Cabinet also be at these meetings to monitor progress on these many more issues.
www.unbi.org /whats_new.htm   (2664 words)

  
 CBC News:New Brunswick's auditor accuses Lord of misleading province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick blamed accounting semantics for an auditor general's report accusing him of misleading the public about the province's financial situation.
In his annual report on the province's finances, New Brunswick Auditor General Daryl Wilson Wednesday said Premier Bernard Lord claimed the province had a $1-million surplus last November when it was running a deficit.
Liberal Leader Shawn Graham accused the premier of keeping two sets of books, one with the real numbers and another to convince the voters that everything was okay.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/02/18/nb_ag040218   (405 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Howard Coffin (1873-1937)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A successful pioneer in the automobile industry, Howard Coffin rebuilt an abandoned antebellum mansion on Sapelo Island and revitalized the agricultural potential on it, developed St. Simons Island and Sea Island as Georgia's premier coastal tourist destinations, and provided seed money for the mighty pulpwood industry that continues to thrive in the state's Coastal Plain.
The success of this led to the creation of the Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company, one of the many pulp mills that now dot the eastern seaboard.
His Sea Island resort, still run by family members, is scheduled to be razed and rebuilt closer to the Black Banks River by 2006.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-863   (905 words)

  
 New Brunswick premier playing games with child care
“The premier seems to ignore the fact that the vast majority of Canadian families and their governments agree that the best way to give parents real options is to build a universal, publicly-funded, high quality child care and early learning program,” says NUPGE president James Clancy.
“The premier also seems to gloss over the fact that the first two provinces to sign child care deals with the federal government were ones with large rural populations — Manitoba and Saskatchewan,” adds Clancy.
“The difference between the situation in New Brunswick and other provinces is not a lack of options or geography, but a commitment to ensuring all families have access to a universal, publicly-funded, high-quality child care and early learning program," he says.
www.nupge.ca /news_2005/n04jy05b.htm   (388 words)

  
 NALD - NEW BRUNSWICK HOME PAGE
Family Resource Centres in New Brunswick provide a place for parents, guardians, caregivers and their children (six and under) to interact with each other, and to improve their physical, mental and social well-being through their involvement with the various programs within the organization.
The Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons is a body for consultation and study which was created to advise the provincial government and the general public on matters relating to the status of persons with disabilities.
The Government of New Brunswick, Department of Education, Culture and Sport Secretariat are pleased to welcome you to Canada's first interactive, web-based and cyber-coached campaign to promote a literacy and active living-rich province.
www.nald.ca /province/nb/nbhome.htm   (1152 words)

  
 Legislative Electronic Publications -- Greater Co-operation Between New Brunswick and Manitoba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This meeting is a followup to their January 2002 agreement that has increased co-operation between Manitoba and New Brunswick.
The premiers also signed a new mutual assistance agreement to manage any emergency or disaster, whether arising from natural or man-made causes.
The premiers agreed they would undertake at least one joint trade mission in the coming year.
www.gov.mb.ca /chc/press/top/2003/10/2003-10-23-05.html   (406 words)

  
 CBC New Brunswick - Premier's Lepreau strategy under fire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Even so, he says the federal government might agree to compensate New Brunswick for every tonne of carbon emissions it eliminated from the air by generating energy with nuclear power, rather than coal or oil.
Thompson also repeated the premier's stand on the issue, saying that a lack of financial support from Ottawa could be a "deal-breaker" – and could force the province to consider generating more power with fossil fuels.
But the premier has stated that he supports the idea in principle: the only obstacle for him is money.
www.nb.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=nb-lepreau20050311   (374 words)

  
 Premier's New Brunswick Day message (04/07/27)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"New Brunswick Day is our day, a day when families, friends and neighbours come together to reflect on our identity as New Brunswickers, honour our different cultural backgrounds, and celebrate this wonderful province we call home.
"New Brunswick is not just another place on the map: it is where we live, work, play and raise our families.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first French settlement in North America, and it is a great opportunity to celebrate the French culture and language that is such an important part of our New Brunswick mosaic.
www.gnb.ca /cnb/news/pre/2004e0821pr.htm   (206 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Maine / New Brunswick premier remains opposed to casinos in the province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New Brunswick premier remains opposed to casinos in the province
New Brunswick remains opposed to casinos in the province, Premier Bernard Lord said Friday after a meeting with Indian leaders.
Lord and members of his cabinet met with the chiefs of New Brunswick's 15 aboriginal communities Friday.
www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2004/03/19/new_brunswick_premier_remains_opposed_to_casinos_in_the_province   (221 words)

  
 Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund - News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is the major highway carrying commercial and passenger traffic from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, to the rest of Canada and to key markets in the United States.
The announcement involves a commitment by the Government of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick to complete the construction of the four lane divided Trans Canada Highway in New Brunswick over 5 years on a 50-50 shared cost basis, with $270 million of new investments by the federal and provincial governments being announced today.
With its new investment, the federal government’s total contribution to highways in New Brunswick since 1993 will be nearly $675 million.
www.infrastructure.gc.ca /csif/publication/newsreleases/2002/20020814saintleonard_e.shtml   (650 words)

  
 CRFA - Issues - New statutory holidays in New Brunswick and PEI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the case of New Brunswick, CRFA is primarily concerned about the total lack of public consultation that preceded the premier’s announcement.
Currently, Remembrance Day is regular holiday in New Brunswick and PEI and is treated as a day of rest.
In a letter to the New Brunswick’s premier Bernard Lord, CRFA has asked that no further statutory holidays be introduced until the province has conducted a business impact test and fully considered the effect a new statutory holiday will have on small businesses.
www.crfa.ca /issues/2003/new_holiday_nb_pei.asp   (337 words)

  
 CBC New Brunswick - Premier reacts to new Pope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Premier Bernard Lord has given his thoughts about the selection of the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Premier Lord said Catholics were clearly anxious to find out who the new leader would be and where the church would be heading.
"I think Catholics in New Brunswick were waiting with deep anticipation of who the new pope was," he said.
nb.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=nb-lordonpope20050519   (153 words)

  
 Camille Theriault   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Camille Theriault (born February 25, 1955) is a former premier of New Brunswick.
In 1998 he became leader of the governing provincial Liberal party and premier of the province following the resignation of Frank McKenna.
I have shown thee him whilst thy fangs are bared to thine own son." He advanced upon her, stooped, caught her by the wrist, and heaved her last and made an end of her reckless forward courage.
www.termsdefined.net /ca/camille-theriault.html   (340 words)

  
 Facts about, New Brunswick, Canada
New Brunswick musicians made history in May of 1907 at the Nickel Theatre in Saint John.
More than likely, it says: " Made in New Brunswick." As the second largest peat exporter in the world, the largest share of Canada's peat moss comes from the northeastern area of the province which we refer to as the Acadian Peninsula.
The chair is on display at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/facts.html   (1697 words)

  
 Official site of Canadian Idol - CTV's search for Canada's best.
New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord will not be running for the leadership of the new Conservative Party of Canada, CTV News has learned.
A spokesperson for the premier said Lord, 38, considered the opportunity over the holidays but has decided that the best decision for him at this time is to remain the premier of New Brunswick.
CTV Newsnet: Lord decided that the best decision for him is to remain the premier of New Brunswick
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/idol/CTVNews/1072799601401_46   (460 words)

  
 Government of New Brunswick, Canada
Visit Ask the Premier to send questions to the New Brunswick Delegation on policy and for clarification on positions.
The premier of New Brunswick is disappointed that the proposal for a nationalized health care system fell through due to the lack of support of Quebec and Ontario.
The government of New Brunswick is fairly pleased with today's session.
home.golden.net /~graingem/fedprov   (145 words)

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