EAST & WEST (from BETWEEN) with Andrew Black, deputy mayor of Sackville (pop. 5000) New Brunswick.

Thanks for your time, with all you do, I know how demands can pile up. Today I learned about Sackville, all of them, upper, lower, the middle one, plus New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. About the UMNB, which stands for, Union Municipality New Brunswick and is having there annual general meeting at the begining of October. Then I learned about the 9 zones that make local service areas like regional districts or countys. Its always so informative to hear about my municipal peers in another province. How the tools of colleagues and communication can mirror each other on either side of the countries coasts. We talk about Mount Allison university and the additional seasonal ballooning of 2500-3000 people. We talked about loads of other stuff, too many to list but i do endeaver to. Housing prices, taxation without representation, minister of municipal reform as mayor of 40-50% of the province, the dirty word (amalgamation), ripple effects, martitine life, coming back to where you grew up after moving away to Toronto, Boston & Connecticut. How it feels to be "not from here" townies, students and tourists, collabouration quad riding, grooming and maintaining multi use trail systems, lumber, J D Irving. From the tip of the bay of fundy to massive agriculture and food of future generations. How it feels when you talk about it a lot because it effects us all, but it can still go nowhere. The shared sense of urgency around issues like the local hospital cutting its hours. The way that death by a 1000 cuts means you eventually bleed out. Cuts to education can take awhile to over cone, if ever. Plus with climate change top of mind to many i learn about his other, other gig at the Blugenics Innovations warehouse doing shipping logistics and supply chain work. Also comparing some similarities with coastal economic development and tourism opportunities. Good times!