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OPINION Jamie Gillies: New Brunswick’s trend of electing young premiers

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Post date September 21, 2014
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“Gallant would make it 6 premiers who have won provincial elections under the age 40 since 1960

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/jamie-gillies-new-brunswick-s-trend-of-electing-young-premiers-1.2772086

On Sept. 22, New Brunswick may elect Brian Gallant and the New Brunswick Liberal Party as the new government of the province. Gallant is 32 years old.

Liberal Louis J. Robichaud formed his majority government in 1960 when he was 34. (CBC)

If Gallant is able to win the election, this will make him the third “boy wonder” premier elected in the province since Bernard Lord upset Camille Thériault in 1999.

But it raises an interesting question: is New Brunswick out of step with other provinces and the federal government in electing such young leaders?”

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Alberta government to sell air fleet, use charters instead

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Post date September 16, 2014
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Jim Prentice on Sept. 6, 2014 “EDMONTON — The Alberta government’s controversial fleet of airplanes will soon be gone with the wind, Premier Jim Prentice announced Tuesday.

Prentice said the first decision of his new cabinet was to sell the four-plane fleet that had become a public relations millstone around the neck of the Progressive Conservative government.

“Effective immediately, the premier and ministers will be expected to fly commercial as the primary method of transportation,” Prentice told a legislature news conference.Operating costs have been pegged at about $9.5 million a year.

The move affects 27 union jobs, and Prentice says while he’s not sure what will happen to these employees, they will be treated as “humanely” as possible.”

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Post date March 1, 2014
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http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.577243 [abridged]

Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region

UN Security Council holds urgent meeting after Russian parliament approves use of military in Ukraine.

By The Associated Press and Reuters | Mar. 1, 2014 | 11:27 PM |

Masked men hold a Russian flag in Crimea.

Russian troops took over a strategic region in Ukraine as the parliament in Moscow gave President Vladimir Putin a green light Saturday to proceed to protect Russian interests. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react to the swift takeover of Crimea by Russian troops already in Ukraine and more flown in, aided by pro-Russian Ukrainian groups.

Putin’s call came as pro-Russian demonstrations broke out in Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, where protesters raised Russian flags and clashed with supporters of the new Ukrainian government.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk called on Moscow “to recall their forces, and to return them to their stations,” according to the Interfax news agency. “Russian partners, stop provoking civil and military resistance in Ukraine.”

The UN Security Council called an urgent meeting on Ukraine on Saturday, and the European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the crisis.