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I remember underachieving NB literacy scores (reading/math) since i was a kid, ie the 50s of the previous century. Time again NB Ed has gone through periodic revamps, eg the New Math , more critical / creative thinking, then back to basics which usually meant a whole lot more rote style training. When rote education dominated, someone wrote a book called So Little for the Mind, encouraging critical thinking. Wow, we’re still at it!

Are the expected literacy rates for Anglophone and Francophone students the same?

Will the province open the door to mine and develop our natural gas reserves?

Why not just save the money and take over and restart the existing former PotashCorp. Concentrator and mine facility. It barely got rolling when Nutrien mothballed it.

The Government needs direct control over this money sucking machine, people in charge of this need to be dismissed

They should have to show where money is spent.

too much bureaucracy and artistic focus, a business person needs to be put in charge and approve everything by the sounds of it

I believe that one of the responses was to increase the PD days that teachers receive in order for them to be better prepared to increase accomplishment levels? I would suggest that this approach is kicking the can down the road and running away from the problem? Students need more in classroom time with teachers who by the way have at least 5 years post grade twelve and have a degree on how to teach these subjects, if there are any teachers who after receiving formal university level training and certification as teachers then maybe we need to raise the bar a lot higher. The findings of the report are clear we as ax payers and students as recipients are not getting what we paid for! Students < who are our future adults , are not able to fully embrace trades training if they are still struggling with literacy and numeracy issues. our graduation numbers may be up but the that is not how we measure success, competency is the successful outcome we expect not lust less drop outs ! For those who are dinosaurs we know we can confidently say our curriculum of 60 to 70 years ago would produce higher competency levels than are being reported now ?

are the projected results the same now for the English and Francophone students?

Pride month lasting into July????

We all have to pay taxes so why not have the price on the shelf be inclusive, it is not like some people do not have to pay taxes so the booze store, and gas stations were the only ones that include the price, here we go back 30 years?

I for one prefer tax inclusive pricing. What you see is what you pay. New Zealand for example has been doing this for over 30 years. I wish all retail charged this way. While i don’t like the high prices of gas, at least it’s all a tax inclusive product. Darn, this is a step backwards!

What does all this mean in terms of NB total electrical output and planned capacity over the next few decades? And how about impact on costs to the average consumer?

There are no words for tragedies like this. These are young people falling between the cracks because of ridiculous procedural practices. These are someone’s children, grandchildren, and to suggest that a young lady go and live with a sex offender in another province instead of giving help here…..my heart hurts!

IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE OF ANY AGE, ASKING FOR HELP ARE TURNED AWAY FOR SUCH STUPID REASONS. A TEEN ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE OF AN ABUSIVE HOME LIFE IS TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T GET HOLD OF THE PARENT!!! IF YOU CAN’T GET HOLD OF THE PARENT ISN’T THAT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE CHILD NEEDS HELP!!! YEARS AGO THE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS TO HELP ACTUALLY WANTED TO HELP, IT WASN’T JUST A JOB TO THEM! NOW YOU CAN FIND A FEW PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO HELP AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO DO SO BUT THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN!! WE NEED MORE PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED OR THEY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS! A SOCIAL WORKER CAN’T EVEN GIVE YOU A LIFT TO GET SOME GROCERIES BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALLOWED! THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, HELP IS HELP, WHETHER IT IS TALKING OR ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO HELP. WE HAVE TOO MANY RULES WHERE THEY ARE NOT NEEDED AND TOO FEW WHERE THEY ARE!!!