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Enterprise Software Founder (2x) both with exits to strategic buyers; community volunteer and engaged citizen to make this a better place for all. 🔗 thomjeffwrites.substack.com

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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 15h
The Auditor General report goes beyond counting clinics and asks whether Holt government can actually demonstrate that its model is improving access & concluded it did not have adequate information to show it was. What is means for you? thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/thirty-cli... #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Auditor General looked beyond the clinic count, and the findings are troubling. I unpack the damning report for you: thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/thirty-cli... #nbpoli
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Thirty Clinics Won’t Matter If You Still Can’t See a Doctor
The Auditor General looked beyond the clinic announcements and asked the question that matters most: is primary care actually getting better?
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So begin the bribes: a developer offered $10k payouts to every household in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania if they would simply allow construction of a data center in their backyard. Most of the town is still fighting hard against it. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
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Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10,000 if a Data Center Gets Built
Many Pennsylvania residents in Hazle Township are pushing back against the data center, despite the lure of the cash payout.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow’s AG Report: 3 Questions I’ll Be Looking to Answer substack.com/@thomjeffwri... #nbpoli
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Tomorrow’s AG Report: 3 Questions I’ll Be Looking to Answer Tomorrow, New Brunswick’s Auditor General releases a performance audit of the Department of Health’s collaborative-care clinic expansion. ...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Confession: I like budgets and financial planning. While not the highest expense in my life, property tax is pretty high on the list for my pretty basic, two bedroom home. At council for another reason and decided to come listen to the budget kick off. #Fredericton 🧵
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NB Liberals worried? I’m sure the party has gamed out 2028 with Mitton as leader. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow’s AG Report: 3 Questions I’ll Be Looking to Answer substack.com/@thomjeffwri... #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson (@thomjeffwrites)
Tomorrow’s AG Report: 3 Questions I’ll Be Looking to Answer Tomorrow, New Brunswick’s Auditor General releases a performance audit of the Department of Health’s collaborative-care clinic expansion. ...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🤦 what in the actual f…I don’t care if a prisoner cuts their nose snorting illegal drugs while doing time. How did they get the stuff in the first place?
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The frequency & amount of open-air drug use downtown is bad. Earlier this week, three folks were on a bench, with one hunched over hard. This morning, it was two others. There is zero fear of being caught, and it's gotta change. #fredericton
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
16 months after the task force recommendations, #Fredericton is still asking for collaboration & facing another temporary Out of the Cold shelter request. City's report deserves support: when will the Holt Government deliver? thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/fredericto... #nbpoli
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Fredericton Is Still Waiting. When Will Holt Deliver?
Monday’s staff report is a welcome step. Sixteen months after the Community Safety Task Force recommendations, it also raises familiar questions.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
16 months after the task force recommendations, #Fredericton is still asking for collaboration & facing another temporary Out of the Cold shelter request. City's report deserves support: when will the Holt Government deliver? thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/fredericto... #nbpoli
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Fredericton Is Still Waiting. When Will Holt Deliver?
Monday’s staff report is a welcome step. Sixteen months after the Community Safety Task Force recommendations, it also raises familiar questions.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Impressed with the pace of construction on what will be a great anchor for #Fredericton west end.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The Emergency Room is in urgent need of construction and renovation…it’s a long project that will extend over a number of years, 7, 8, 9 years potentially to complete the project…” What they are saying: keep electing us to get more. Not Serious People. #nbpoli #cdnpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The fact that we’re only 25 million dollars off, in the positive in top of that, just shows it’s getting a little bit better,” He doesn’t say it is $25m on $1.3284B at Dec and came in at $1.3035. It was a 3 mos forecast. He won’t tell you budget at $549m, 1/3 actual. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“That’s where we are focused, and making progress on these priorities takes investment.” 2 years in and nothing is working. It’s worse now in health, education and social development and suggesting tariffs as cause is a weak excuse. Do better. #nbpoli www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b....
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Public accounts for 2025-26
Making progress on priorities takes investment: minister
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three takeaways from yesterday's new patient attachment statistic and the 'aha moment' on the new measurement. substack.com/profile/8917... #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy will provide an update regarding the Holt government's financial statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. Expecting downward revision given this government can’t set and manage to a budget. #nbpoli
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Rich Benoit: Massively Over Budget
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If 619,354 represents 70.2%, the Holt government is working from a denominator of about 882,100 Medicare-covered persons. In the spirit of openness and transparency, government should publish that denominator explicitly. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Argentinian President did not hold back on his views of the UN: "It's become a USELESS organization whose only purpose is to sustain a caste of fatefully arrogant PARASITES masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats!" youtu.be/YBPHvu1PVAc?...
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🇦🇷 Argentina - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 81st Session | #UNGA
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They aren't interested and have 200 million reasons to walk away. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
After a long preamble about a like for data, Holt says patient attachment will be done using Medicare data. Like WTF? What took so long? Well, Holt says it's thanks to the new physician services agreement. None of this makes any sense given they always billed medicare. #nbpoli +
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Holt giving a patient attachment update today, on heels of so-called ‘new’ clinic announcements. At first, I thought makes sense on announcements until I saw scope of AG report. It can’t be good. I’ll update this post on clinics next week: thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/count-the-... #nbpoli
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Count the Patients, Not the Clinics
The Liberal government says it is more than halfway to its 30-clinic promise. But the public record raises a harder question: are New Brunswickers actually getting better access to primary care?
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“It feels like a shakedown,” says private college co-founder of NB’s new security requirement. Students already pay into a protection fund holding $9.9 million. Why require colleges to provide up to $160,000 more, especially when we need the people they train? #nbpoli substack.com/@thomjeffwri...
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“It Feels Like a Shakedown”: Is New Brunswick’s College Deposit Justified? The Holt government says private colleges must provide new financial security to protect students if a school closes. Protec...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two states have officially enacted sweeping statewide pauses, while at least 15 states have aggressively pursued or voted on statewide pauses in some form. Meanwhile, Holt Liberals launch weakest consultation: a text box. Tell us you’re going ahead with Lorneville w/out telling us. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
City crews out on lawn maintenance and winter prep. Hard dig uptown off Hanwell — one of two developments in a one block radius. Missing a microwave? I doubt it’s ONB or Dept Ed’s. #Fredericton
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NB Health Council measures where care falls short, but its mandate includes evaluating strategies, identifying effective practices, and recommending improvements. Which reforms will it evaluate in 2026–27? Its business plan should make that clear. thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/is-new-bru... #nbpoli
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Is New Brunswick getting the full value from its Health Council?
An independent council should do more than tell us where the health system is struggling.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Premier Eby's decision to call a snap election, citing the "existential moment" created by the trade conflict between Canada and the U.S., is self-serving. He's not the only politician inflating the so-called 'existential moment'. You're elected to serve the people, not your party.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AV Group lost $200M in the last five years. The owners are tapping out. Taxpayers have $100M in gov. loans, guarantees & contributions in AV Group. The taxpayer risk no one is talking about feels a lot like Atcon. #nbpoli thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/the-taxpay...
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The Taxpayer Risk No One Is Talking About
AV Group may be tapping out of Nackawic. Before the Holt Government considers another dollar for the mill, it must disclose what taxpayers already have at risk. Are we facing another Atcon?
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📅 On this day: In 1994, “Friends,” a sitcom featuring a group of unknown actors, debuted on NBC. On its final episode on May 6, 2004, 50m+ viewers tuned in.
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Friends TV Show Opening with Umbrellas
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apart from taking on 124 patients since 2025, no mention of how many additional new patients will be attached to this clinic. It is hard to call your government open & transparent when you don’t set measurable goals. Meanwhile, Zone 3 still has worst attach rate & zero from Holt gov. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Graham Nash at Harvest: amazing. #harvest26 #Fredericton
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Telegraph-Journal @telegraph-journal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Opinion: Holt government cannot grow its way out of a spending problem tj.news/new-brunswic...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Team Holt has brought in "Consultants" to assess the investment needed to bail out the Nackawic mill—again. Not surprising, and a warning of what's to come here: substack.com/@thomjeffwri... #nbpoli
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Bring in the Consultants Driving home after a business afternoon volunteering, and Minister Herron is on CBC Shift. Lots to unpack, but I will keep it short as it’s Friday and Harvest is calling. 1...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you’re responsible for economic growth in NB, pro tip: with “guests” in from out of town, you don’t leave them at their hotel while you’re hanging out at the vip tent a block away. 🤦‍♂️
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Team Holt has brought in "Consultants" to assess the investment needed to bail out the Nackawic mill—again. Not surprising, and a warning of what's to come here: substack.com/@thomjeffwri... #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson (@thomjeffwrites)
Bring in the Consultants Driving home after a business afternoon volunteering, and Minister Herron is on CBC Shift. Lots to unpack, but I will keep it short as it’s Friday and Harvest is calling. 1...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Connections & Collisions: the last two nights at Harvest have been great reconnecting with folks I’ve not seen in awhile and get updates on #Fredericton commercial real-estate market (lots happening) and a mill up river.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a 15-minute CBC interview, I learned the reasons for the failures in NB education and what, in my view, are the must do system changes. I’m not hearing anything close to this from the minister and we have a 12 year plan destined for failure. substack.com/profile/8917... #nbpoli
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A 12 Year Education Plan Destined for Failure The Holt Government launched with great fanfare their new 12 year education plan with three year review cycles. It replaces a ten year plan that was a ca...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I hope these are gone after harvest.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why is government not promoting this when Zone 3 has the worst attachment rate? #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Combining two tents into one entry seems like a great idea on paper. The line up for entry at Hoodo/Barracks is unreal. #harvest
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗰 Today’s announcement to idle the mill is not great news for hundreds in the village and region. It should not be a surprise and Holt Gov. need to understand the viability of Atholville on its own. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is the new fuel source more or less expensive than coal? #nbpoli www.nbpower.com/en/about-us/...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fredericton received an F on CFIB’s report card, but #Fredericton scored well on several measures. Its weakness is how businesses navigate municipal processes. With new systems being implemented, there’s an opportunity to do more than digitize City Hall. thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/beyond-dig...
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Beyond Digitizing City Hall
Fredericton is already modernizing its systems. A disappointing small-business report card points to what should come next.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I wanted to understand how a mill that has received $29 million from taxpayers has questions about its future. My research shows $200 million in operating losses and international owners who are customers with alternative options. #nbpoli thomjeffwrites.substack.com/p/when-savin...
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When Saving the Mill Isn’t Enough
The jobs matter, but another taxpayer funded ‘investment’ should aim to ensure a viable future rather than merely delay a tough decision.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Did I miss the date for #Fredericton new downtown school to replace George? Given this project has one, feeling like I did and should know.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Has Holt Government fixed this? Next time there is a news conference on tariffs and the message of we need to be all elbows up and work together, I hope a reporter asks about this specific case & why NB isn’t like NS. #nspoli #nbpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Big markup on N.S. mead for N.B. Renaissance fair highlights trade barriers | CBC News
A week before a Nova Scotia meadery was going to sell almost 600 wine-size bottles of mead to a New Brunswick Renaissance fair, the 100-plus per cent markup fees charged by New Brunswick's liquor regu...
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For the first time in its history, Japan 100k people over the age of 100 and nearly 90% are women. The surge is straining the country’s resources & government estimates it will need 2.4m elder care workers and increasing international recruitment by 3x. www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/a...
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For the first time, Japan has more than 100,000 centenarians | CNN
Japan has been gripped by a declining population for decades, but one age group is adding new members and there are more of them than ever.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last week, minister of education said it sometimes stability can be good even when NB ranks dead last on test scores and a full 1.5-yrs behind the national average. Now Lepreau on another shutdown, second in two weeks. But hey, the systems worked as planned. Both point to a larger issue. #nbpoli
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Listened to Jacques’ interview w/ CEO of Northcliff on proposed Sisson Mine project. I’m even less convinced of the economic benefits given a question on number of jobs & a needed taxpayer-backed offtake that guarantees a min. commodity price. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #nbpoli
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No shortcuts on meeting Sisson Mine conditions, CEO promises | CBC News
The CEO of the company behind the proposed Sisson Mine says there will be no shortcuts in complying with the New Brunswick government’s environmental conditions.
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Jeff Thompson @thomjeff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy to hear Fredericton Police meeting with the city on the rental scooters littering the downtown. If there isn’t a bylaw, we need one that says you can’t use sidewalks to dump your stuff because that is what this is. Also, how are they not stolen and stripped downtown like bikes?
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