Countering the Nanny State

A blog dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and exposing, and resisting, the ever ubiquitous nanny state that is corroding the way of life and the freedom of the people of New Brunswick, Canada.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Start off the New Year w/t a new tax cut

Gotta love it . Plus, for personal taxpayers, the new tax-free savings account [TFSA], which came into effect just yesterday, is perfect t...

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Savoie & Senate Reform

I don't find myself agreeing with a lot that Professor Savoie says with regards to the economy and Atlantic Canada, but i do agree with ...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Conservatives back down on subsidy reform for political parties

Update : If this poll isn't proof that parliament, mainly the opposition, is at a disconnect with real Canadians on the ground, I don...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Debating the debate to nicely debate

If this isn't a harbinger of things to comein parliament, I don't know what is. From Silver-Powers : Rob always teases me about borr...

Monday, November 10, 2008

If this isn't a case for electoral reform...

...I don't know what is? From Andrew Coyne's Blog : "I’ve seen this graph in a couple of places, but as someone sent it to me I...

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Obamanomics = Massive drain on wealth creation

National Post columnist Jacqueline Thorpe has an excellent acticle on Obamanomics . Here it is in its entirety (Hat tip Roy Eappen ): As the...

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Hartsfield's Landing; The ultimate exit poll

[click on image] Many West Wing fanatics will remember the 2002 episode "Hartfield's Landing" (a fictional town) which was ...

Best policy course: Cut federal spending

It appears that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has heard Canadians voice their opposition to deficit spending. He is now looking at cutting ...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Did Canadian taxpayers save the Bloc Québécois?

[Click on image to enlarge] I know it's a little late to be revisiting the last Canadian general election, but when it comes to my hard ...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Blogging the non-blogging in New Brunswick

I've been blogging a long time in New Brunswick, for close to four years now. Let's just say, I've seen many good and bad ones c...

Saturday, October 18, 2008

I agree with former Premier Bernard Lord

Former Premier Bernard Lord hit the nail on the head in the Times and Transcript this morning with regards to the federal Liberal party: ...

Friday, September 12, 2008

A Blog for Election Junkies

Just so you know, I will be over at New Brunswickers Paint the Political Picture for the remainder of the 2008 federal election. So if you ...

A true conservative warrior that will be missed

As Gerry Nicholls notes, [today] we are losing a very special advocate of the conservative movement to the other side of the pond: Today is...

Monday, September 8, 2008

The Economic Case for Tax Havens

Here's an excellent Youtube video regarding Tax Havens and their benefit to the economy which Dan (from Cato) passed along. Enjoy.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Dion death watch, a tale of two Bourque polls

Poll #1 (Fri., March 2nd, 2007) Poll #2 (Wed., September 3rd, 2008) It's funny how the farmer from the 'chi [McKenna] can be quick...

Saturday, August 30, 2008

A federal government subsidy that makes me Gag

Corporate welfare is despicable enough, it doesn't need any help . I guess Harper wants the cemetery vote in Saint-Léonard. Google trans...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Graham must put a moritorium on earmark funding

NB gov't promoting more subsidized failure in the Miramichi Those that read this blog know I am absolutely no fan of pork barrel politic...

Pollster Frank Graves is wrong too

There has been much speculation on what PM Stephen Harper will do after he summons the opposition leaders to his chambers. Some (mostly pund...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Interesting medals facts

Last week I was quite critical of those in the MSM who quickly jumped on Canada's slow start in Beijing by suggesting we need more fundi...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

"Olympic dream tax" and funding not the answer

There's no question that Canada is seriously struggling at the Olympic games in Beijing this week. It's so bad that at the pace the ...

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Citizen input v consultant led unilateralism

I see the government of this western province is looking for even more participation from its citizens on critical issues and decisions whi...

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

David Freddoso: Obama not an agent of change

Here's an excerpt below which I found interesting from an exclusive Human Events interview with David Freddoso : The main lesson is that...

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Government using taxpayer's $$ to buy good press?

It's no secret that the Telegraph Journal' s press coverage has been overly generous to the government under premier Graham since ...

ACOA: Wasting taxpayers money since 1987

CH : "Taxpayers have picked up the tab for a group of Newfoundland junior high school students to attend a world Lego robotics competit...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

An Obama victory will be bad news for Dion

I usually don't get into raw politics much on this blog, but I couldn't help but take exception to a statement made by Lawrence Mart...

Monday, July 28, 2008

Oliver Stone's "W" trailer

I came across this leaked version of Oliver Stone's upcoming biopic of President Bush, "W" on Facebook earlier today. The reas...

Canada: a tax friendly environment?

This has to be encouraging news for the feds. Now, if only Shawn G and co. can do something about the regressive personal income taxes and...

Friday, July 25, 2008

Ontario's outrageous federal dependency

Still whining, even after billions and billions has been earmarked (via corporate welfare) for the auto industry over the past two decades;...

Monday, July 21, 2008

That'll explain it

It's good to know there is a reason why my prayers haven't been met for a more free economic society in New Brunswick. LOL!

Friday, July 18, 2008

New technology, same old concept

I see Bombardier has launched a "new family of fuel-efficient, single-aisle commercial airliners" called the CSeries (known as th...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

NBT: Put it all down on your debt Nova Scotia

Only days after agreeing to an $870 million Crown share settlement , I see the MacDonald government is sending out mixed signals on how it w...

Monday, July 14, 2008

"Green Shift" quickly shifting from shift to shaft

As kit pointed out over at Spink About It , last week Ontario Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff was on record wherein he admitted that Dion's carb...

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Industry Canada's $4 Billion Dollar Boondoggle

Terence Corcoran of the Financial Post makes a case against the Government of Canada's [specifically Industry Canada's] wireless sp...

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Ontario picking winners and New Brunswick losers

Just remember, the following statement below came from a New Brunswick cabinet minister whose statist Liberal government (and province) has ...

Ipsos Reid poll out of touch with Atlantic Canadians

Blogger Right from Alberta makes some great points regarding the latest Dominion Institute and Ipsos Reid poll, specifically part 1 , calle...

Monday, June 30, 2008

NBT: Boudreau's spending out-of-control

A $75.9 million dollar summer frenzy of spending For a government whose Finance Minister made "finding more revenue" an excuse fo...

A bit of this, a bit of that

Here is a round-up of the week's best articles (both Canada & US): Dion carbon tax, NEP 2? - Juliet O'Neill, The Ottawa Cit...

Friday, June 27, 2008

Harper Tories: Party of protectionism?

We all remember reading about the 1911 general election and how Liberal Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier would ultimately turn that electi...

Section 13 (1) debate...Ezra wins!!

For anyone interested in section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the ongoing controversy/debate over the limits of free speech,...

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Don't change the channel, this is as bad as it gets

Many who have taken the time to read this blog over the past year or so know perfectly well that I am absolutely no fan of the practice of c...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Just for fun, I guess?

I'm a bit bored this afternoon, so just to add to the silliness of the day, I bring you the Obama poster-maker (via IMAO ): Trust me, I...

Medical marijuana to minors? Whadaya think?

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Dion can learn a few more tricks from Graham

A snippet from today's Telegraph Journal (snip, snip, snip) : What the federal Liberals label green-tax shifting , the Graham Liberals ...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Bathurst High School - "Celebration of the Spirit"

I just read the speech Ken Dryden gave to the graduating class at Bathurst High School on Facebook. Let me tell you, I had trouble holding b...

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