Some of you have likely noticed this already.
What you may also have noticed is the appearance of a longer form paper as well. They are a return to the original idea for this space: a series of detailed papers on major issues affecting the province.
From the production end of things, that's been the most significant development. The longer papers allow for a bit more background and a bit more discussion of the conclusion. That's important for people who want to better understand the issues involved and, as in the paper on rate mitigation, a better explanation of the proposed solution.
So far there has been one paper, the one on rate mitigation. There is another in the works on barriers to medical care, a subject the Atlantic region's governments have made a top priority. This is one of those well-known problems that no one has come to grips with so far. The SRBP paper will describe the scope of the problem and highlight some solutions to it. The solutions are practical and workable. They will only need a decision from those in authority since the problems - quite ridiculous once you see them laid out - are theirs to fix.
There's also one on reforming the provincial political system. This is a bit different as the ways to achieve goals many people desire are not quite so easy to attain as some imagine. All the same, the paper should give anyone interested in the subject both a better understanding of how we got to the place we current find ourselves in and of the potential ways to get to the end goal.
There may be some other changes as the year progresses.
Stay tuned to see what happens.
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