The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread - Page 598

MonctonRad · #**11941** Posted **Oct 14, 2017, 12:36 PM**

I always have trouble with the concept of the government "hiring" physicians to fill vacancies in the system.

90% of us are not government employees. The vast majority of us are independent contractors who own and operate small businesses., taking on all the risks that that entails (including dealing with no pensions and no benefits). We practice as we see fit, but in cooperation with our other clinical colleagues and partners.

It would be fair to say that we were "recruited" by the government (or their surrogates - the RHAs), but we are most certainly not "hired"..........

Delusio Cogno · #**11942** Posted **Oct 14, 2017, 1:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

90% of us are not government employees. The vast majority of us are independent contractors who own and operate small businesses., but we are most certainly not "hired"..........

Well that explains the need for negotiation then. Private contractors have no inherent right to the use of government machinery, and need it added to their contracts.

I'm understanding a little more...but just a little.

Delusio Cogno · #**11943** Posted **Oct 14, 2017, 1:10 PM**

can't wait to read your book in 5 years

Feneant · #**11944** Posted **Oct 16, 2017, 10:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Delusio Cogno

can't wait to read your book in 5 years

MonctonRad is George R. R. Martin?!?

MonctonRad · #**11945** Posted **Oct 16, 2017, 11:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Feneant

MonctonRad is George R. R. Martin?!?

Won't be a fantasy. It'll be a horror story.......

Franco401 · #**11946** Posted **Oct 16, 2017, 9:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Won't be a fantasy. It'll be a horror story.......

Stephen King then. Maine is just a few hours away

Scarface · #**11947** Posted **Oct 16, 2017, 10:47 PM**

The Mayor Dawn Arnold is seemingly talking to news reporters how the city, and province are working with pest control companies to get rid of pest that seem to be attracted to neighborhoods where public housing is located. They have even notified residents in public housing, and surrounding areas to clean up the property where they reside. one resident had stated that she was happy to finally not be seeing rodents roaming around the housing, and her dog not having to chase em off.

MonctonRad · #**11948** Posted **Oct 17, 2017, 11:50 PM**

from the City of Moncton website:

MONCTON – The City’s total value of permits for the third quarter ending September 30 came in at $63.1 million, compared with $37.7 million during the same period last year. The total number of permits for the quarter was 395, up slightly from 349 in 2016. Year-to-date values for 2017 permits add up to $215 million, compared with $201 million last year, representing an increase of 7 per cent.

Commercial and residential building permits had 3-month totals of $31.3 million and $18.7 million, respectively. The largest drivers of these results include a new $11.5 million cold storage facility on Frenette Avenue, a $7.9 million Precision Lab on Providence Street, new apartment buildings on Ivy Road and Leopold F. Belliveau Drive (each valued at approximately $5 million), a $2.3 million expansion at Curl Moncton, and renovations at U-Haul on Mountain Road valued at $2 million.

Institutional permits accounted for $11.3 million or 18 per cent of the quarter’s activity, with much of that derived from renovations at Harrison Trimble High School ($5.2 million) and at the Moncton Hospital ($4.1 million).

“To think that we’re ahead of last year’s numbers that included the Downtown Centre is truly remarkable,” said Mayor Dawn Arnold. “The pace of development that we are seeing is both positive and manageable. Our goal is to keep this momentum going.”

The City’s Economic Development team continues to place its focus on the Downtown Core.

“We remain committed to achieving our development goals in and around our Downtown,” said Kevin Silliker, Director of Economic Development. “The relationships that we continue to build with land owners and developers are very important to us, so that win-win opportunities can move forward to benefit all parties as well as the entire community.”

Patapouf26 · #**11949** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 7:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I always have trouble with the concept of the government "hiring" physicians to fill vacancies in the system.

90% of us are not government employees. The vast majority of us are independent contractors who own and operate small businesses., taking on all the risks that that entails (including dealing with no pensions and no benefits). We practice as we see fit, but in cooperation with our other clinical colleagues and partners.

It would be fair to say that we were "recruited" by the government (or their surrogates - the RHAs), but we are most certainly not "hired"..........

You'll forgive me for saying that there are not many risks for an independent contractor such as a medical doctor - In NB anyways. I mean this in a business sense.

MonctonRad · #**11950** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Patapouf26

You'll forgive me for saying that there are not many risks for an independent contractor such as a medical doctor - In NB anyways. I mean this in a business sense.

Maybe not in the sense of most small businesses, but there are still certain risks that can afflict all of us, including (but not limited to):

1) - Illness - Physicians get no sick days. If we don't work, we don't get paid
2) - Disability - If your illness (or injury) is sufficient that you can no longer practice, there is no Occupational Health or Workplace safety backing you up. Unless you have taken out disability insurance (very expensive but almost all physicians do so), you are truly out of luck. It's the welfare rolls for you!!
3) - Lawsuit - Malpractice suits in Canada are rare (a pleasant side effect of universal medicare), but if successful, can still have significant impacts upon you. Everyone carries malpractice insurance by the way - it's generally a requirement for hospital affiliation.
4) - Retirement planning - We get no pension;none. We have to save everything for our own retirement, which explains the outrage over the Trudeau/Morneau tax plan. They have gone partway in resolving this issue, but it's still not enough. In order to be able to maintain a semblance of our lifestyle in retirement, they should really double what they are proposing......

There are other risks we face too, but I get what you mean - you're talking mostly about business bankruptcy due to changing market trends, increasing competition, economic collapse, poor accounting etc. These are things that are not really a concern for physicians. There's always work to do as long as you are able to do it.

tmacdougall · #**11951** Posted **Nov 1, 2017, 3:52 PM**

Can someone please provide instructions on how to upload photos to share?

mylesmalley · #**11952** Posted **Nov 1, 2017, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by tmacdougall

Can someone please provide instructions on how to upload photos to share?

First you need to upload a photo to a hosting service. There are quite a few different ones but personally I find www.imgur.com easy to use. Others use Flickr or Photobucket etc.

Once uploaded, these services will give you a link to the image. Sometimes you'll see it in BBCode format (square brackets). Other times it's just a link. If it's the former, you can paste it as-is right into a comment. If it's a url (starts with http...) then you can click the photo icon above the text box in a new comment and paste it into the popup.

Please make sure you include a link to the source or some kind of attribution or else the post will be taken down.

MonctonRad · #**11953** Posted **Nov 1, 2017, 5:13 PM**

Don't use Photobucket. That service has been taken over by maniacs demanding a userous fee for hosting privileges. Most hosting sites are free. I use Flickr myself now, but imgur is also good.

the "square brackets" Myles alluded to are [img] and [/img]. This code instructs the web page that you are posting a photo. If the link you copy from the hosting site does not include this code, you can simply add it in front of and after the link.

tmacdougall · #**11954** Posted **Nov 12, 2017, 10:50 AM**

Councellor Turner has suggested selling the naming rights to multiple venues and buildings in Moncton. Other than the DT Centre and Resurgo what other opportunities do they have?

David_99 · #**11955** Posted **Nov 12, 2017, 12:52 PM**

The Moncton subway by Subway
1-800-GOT-JUNK Southeast Eco360 Sud-est
The Nestle Petitcodiac River
Etc

josh_cat_eyes · #**11956** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by tmacdougall

Councellor Turner has suggested selling the naming rights to multiple venues and buildings in Moncton. Other than the DT Centre and Resurgo what other opportunities do they have?

The Coliseum or whatever it becomes, streets? (BMO Bvld etc) Parking garages, bus stops, Killiam Drive roundabout, City Hall. Can anyone thing of any more?

David_99 · #**11957** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 12:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

The Coliseum or whatever it becomes, streets? (BMO Bvld etc) Parking garages, bus stops, Killiam Drive roundabout, City Hall. Can anyone thing of any more?

I assume a new name for the Stade Moncton Stadium is up for grabs? Please?

MonctonRad · #**11958** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 1:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by David_99

I assume a new name for the Stade Moncton Stadium is up for grabs? Please?

Perhaps not - who actually owns the stade? Is it the city or UdeM???

MonctonRad · #**11959** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 4:41 AM**

In Moncton, we have two traffic circles (Halls Creek & the Causeway) and two roundabouts (Ryan/Horsman and Killam Drive).

According to the T&T, the city is planning on 10 new roundabouts including:
1)- Carson Drive at the Wheeler on ramp
2)- Shediac Road & Glengrove Road
3)- Ryan Street & Evergreen Drive
4)- Millenium Blvd & Russ Howard Drive.

Work should begin in 2019.

Meanwhile in Dieppe, finishing touches are being done to the two new roundabouts on Dieppe Blvd.

new roundabout at Dieppe Blvd/Melanson Road (T&T photo)

And of course, construction is ongoing for the new "dogbone roundabout" at the Harrisville/Dieppe Blvd interchange with Route 15.

It's a brave new world out there..........

Scarface · #**11960** Posted **Nov 14, 2017, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

In Moncton, we have two traffic circles (Halls Creek & the Causeway) and two roundabouts (Ryan/Horsman and Killam Drive).

According to the T&T, the city is planning on 10 new roundabouts including:
1)- Carson Drive at the Wheeler on ramp
2)- Shediac Road & Glengrove Road
3)- Ryan Street & Evergreen Drive
4)- Millenium Blvd & Russ Howard Drive.

Work should begin in 2019.

Meanwhile in Dieppe, finishing touches are being done to the two new roundabouts on Dieppe Blvd.

new roundabout at Dieppe Blvd/Melanson Road (T&T photo)

And of course, construction is ongoing for the new "dogbone roundabout" at the Harrisville/Dieppe Blvd interchange with Route 15.

It's a brave new world out there..........

Hope none of these 10 will be like the Killam Drive Roundabout since it seems there are still to many people who can't use it properly I'm sure if cops set up at the killam roundabout they could give out 100+ tickets.

The other roundabout Ryan/Horsman It does not seem like they have the same issues. That's a plus.