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Originally Posted by adamuptownsj
It's kind of backwards, isn't it? Wouldn't it make more sense, from a cynical 'political future' perspective, to go NIMBY on Lorneville and full steam ahead on growing the port? With AIM gone, there is precisely zero public opposition to the port's success. Mild (justified) gripes about railroad traffic snarling up the west side are as far as it gets.
Complaining about global shipping and slave labour are totally out of left field, along with the Green comments. The EXISTING 'agrarian' economy in New Brunswick is pretty committed to bringing our products to global markets in conjunction with big agribusiness players, whether Liberal blueberry farmers up north, or Conservative potato farmers in the river valley.
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Not if Harris and other councillors are privy to non public information that port expansion could involve Lorneville and the industrial park, or could even involve a new, deepwater port at Lorneville. All of which could be a possibility...
The port's CEO was very clear in his address at city hall, that this industrial park expansion will be a huge opportunity for growth at the port. But who knows what else could be planned for Lorneville, which could be more directly related to Port Saint John expansion. It's possibly Harris and other councillors know some things on this front, that the public does not.
When it comes to Brent Harris, I think he just can't help himself... he likes to get into arguments and emotional battles with constituents who are opposed to something he'd like to see get done. I think he's beyond self centred, and has very shown very little decorum and politeness towards constituents that don't share his views and priorities. Moreover, I 'd say he's downright rude and combative with residents of this city that disagree with him.
Harris really likes to pick and choose what he gets offended about, or what he thinks Saint John should and shouldn't consider a priority. I think the city is very fortunate he didn't run for mayor last time, as he might have actually won, which would have been a joke. I hope he doesn't get back on council, and that it teaches him some humility, especially if he plans to stick around Saint John as some sort of activists or "thought leader" as I'm sure he considers himself already.
This latest hot take of his, though, is among the stupidest and most ridiculous I've seen from him yet. It's utterly asinine and beyond regressive to suggest that Saint John should shun port development, and shun the opportunity for growth, at a time where the Prime Minister is talking about making transformational changes in our trading relationships, and how Canada's ports will play a crucial role in these projects... all to make some sort of stand against global capitalism? uhh...
Saint John is one of Canada's five container ports, and the fastest growing container port in North America. Port expansions, across Canada, will undoubtedly qualify for more federal funding than many of other prospective "projects of national interest", and better qualify for access to the new, trade corridor fund than most other projects. The PM has already been clear that provinces should temper their expectations when it comes to levels of federal funding for these so called, "projects of national interest". Yet, here in Saint John, and despite "Don Dom's" recent comments, I think we can be
quite optimistic for federal funding relating to port expansion projects, since Port Saint John is owned by the government of Canada.
We're at a crucial point in history where the Port of Saint John could see some of the biggest expansion projects since the construction of the West Side Docks, and Brent Harris is like actually putting garbage, anti-progress takes like out there. I don't understand who he thinks this appeals to, unless he's planning another major shift in his next career move. Maybe he wants a job at Greenpeace? lol.
I'd say the only thing
consistent thing about Brent Harris, is that he consistently pisses people off on the left, the right, and the centre.
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