Showing posts with label josh goguen. Show all posts
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Sep 5, 2026

Bruce Wark Boosts Reactionaries Protesting RIGS Gas Plant Project - Could He Be Adding to The Hysteria?

"Councillor Greene responded that the assistant clerk had also heard the word ‘bomb’.

“And the threats, which I would define them as that, that this will be the next Oka, I did report those concerns to the RCMP as well,” she said.

“Because yes, they have had peaceful protests. They can change quickly and we need to ensure that that does not happen,” she added.

“If people get very upset about a concern or an issue in our community, people can be incited by even a single individual to behave in an inappropriate fashion and we want to ensure that we have good, clear headings moving forward on this and any other issue,” Greene concluded."

From Bruce Wark's latest article here:

  Mayor’s controversial gas-plant statement survives tied Tantramar council vote |

Gen X Councillor Greene keeps it real.. and she is actually a really good soul for pointing out the problem with radicals who infiltrate activism groups.. if you are not familiar with this tactic yet I would think watching a documentary on the "Weather Underground" might help you out.. if you are naive that's a problem too.. and since the average age of people in this town is 51 there is no excuse for being ignorant when you have access to the internet... By behaving as angry reactionaries and I have questioned WHY their online group on Facebook is "closed" rather than open and transparent for good reason as they are not forthcoming with their actions, intentions, deeds, and discussions [THAT is a problem] but yet they will complain the government and NB Power are deceptive players -- this protest group of Sackville's "Seniors for Climate" group are well networked and are propagandized by many outside forces and most surely are unable to recognize they are being used as tools -- and they seem to be getting LOTS of boosting by Bruce Wark who does not always publish comments left at his website FYI -- you're actually adding to the noise and provocation rather than keeping calm and listening to more voices.  Greene is correct to caution the public.

I am glad Councillor Greene bothers to speak out as she would have been privileged to hear from many people in our town and region.. and she is also honest enough to tell you what is being said and what concerns her; she has no reason to lie about anything but she is concerned and is speaking up now when it matters.  Dep. Mayor Josh Goguen attempting to diminish Greene's credibility by saying the local protest group is peaceful [they have behaved as an angry mob in the past and yelled in council meetings in the town hall thereby intimidating people including the former Mayor Andrew Black and Deputy Mayor Matt Estabrooks] when Goguen in truth has no idea who is behind the "group" and what they might be capable of and what their tactics in the future might look like.. intimidation certainly plays a role as no one locally would dare speak up in favour of the gas plant at this point for fear of retribution by these organized folks I will call THE MOB .. Goguen is young and very naive and also has in the past been questioned at this blog for running a private and large Facebook group [gossip zone] in our region.  One of the reasons this blog even exists is to counteract the radical greens in this region who dominate the rest and interfere with the local schools organizing "Climate Strikes" and other nonsense.

More here:  The Weather Underground - America's Far-left Revolution The Cold War DOCUMENTARY - YouTube


More here:  Coalition vows to fight on despite provincial approval of big, Isthmus gas plant |

Some commentary:  

"Marika says:

I wonder how many of these wonderful organizations are directly or indirectly the recipients of government funding?"

Funding received by the local "Atlantic Wildlife Institute" found here:

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

19740760

Duration: from Apr 22, 2024 to Aug 31, 2024
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

17113390

Duration: from May 25, 2020 to Sep 11, 2020
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

$5,020.00

Apr 30, 2018
Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

15352271

Duration: from Apr 30, 2018 to Sep 1, 2018
Description:

N/A

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

20392544

Duration: from Apr 21, 2025 to Aug 30, 2025
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

18632737

Duration: from Apr 25, 2022 to Sep 3, 2022
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

17792151

Duration: from Apr 26, 2021 to Feb 26, 2022
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: COOKVILLE, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Agreement:

Atlantic Wildlife Institute

Agreement Number:

18928564

Duration: from Apr 24, 2023 to Sep 2, 2023
Description:

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada
Program Name: Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
Location: Cookville, New Brunswick, CA E4L1Z8

May 28, 2026

Tantramar's Ward 3 Town Councillor Josh Goguen is on LinkedIn "lol"

 At this link:  Josh Goguen - Tantramar | LinkedIn


Questions about his curious activities online here:

Sackville UNCensored : What Does Josh Goguen Town Councillor of the Town of Tantramar Hope to Accomplish in His Private Group ONline?


Difficult if not impossible for me to monitor this group as I have no access to Facebook.  Its my hope that there are at least a few RCMP in there monitoring the chat and the gossip toads with Josh the local Scout leader.

An impressive increase in numbers from 1,400 to 6,800 followers/subscribers/supporters since first posting about this "closed" group in 2023... and as Goguen only very recently decided to remove himself as "administrator" of the group due to pressure on him about his "Code of Conduct" I have no reason to believe his ethics will improve anytime soon because you see having power to mute or remove commentary and steer the narrative in a private online group is a form of soft power and influence in the town.. whether you want to see it that way or not doesn't matter to me.. it is problematic, and no one is going to be able to deny or refute the reach Goguen has had here.



Josh Goguen is featured in the "solar panel news" with CBC News local Erica Butler this week here:

N.B. Power changes will have ‘negative implications’ for solar growth, says industry group | CBC News

May 11, 2026

Lesson Learned for Ward 3 Gen Xer Town Councillor Josh Goguen? I doubt it...

The utter stupidity of running a private Facebook group WHILE HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE.. ?

I can't even with these sort of people.. 

Josh is shown below in his "Tantramar" brand red shirt Josh Goguen.. read more here at "New Wark Times" article by Bruce Wark: Tantramar council dismisses complaint over ‘hostile’ Facebook posts |

Elections NB - Unofficial list of candidates & plebiscites

“I do feel bad for the person who filed the complaint that they were suffering,” Mayor Black said

“That is absolutely not acceptable and I would call on the community to be nice to each other,” he added.

“Social media gives people the opportunity to say whatever they want, anytime they want, and it’s hugely problematic,” the mayor said.

“I would say to the community, to Tantramar residents, to just be nicer, be better to people and know that the words that you say have a huge impact on people’s lives.”

Josh Goguen is competing with Andrew Black for one of four Ward 3 Town Councillor positions in this election.

Will Josh Goguen be re-elected to continue to serve and collect his $2,000 per month?

Time will tell.. Josh Goguen is on LinkedIn:

Well I can add town councilor to my skills. Looking forward to being part of the first council for the newly created Town of Tantramar. The government amalgamated the towns of Sackville and… | Josh Goguen

List of candidates found here for Tantramar:

Elections NB - Unofficial list of candidates & plebiscites

May 7, 2026

Josh Goguen, Town Councillor Ward 3, Tantramar - Bruce Wark on "Community Concerns & Chatter on Facebook"

 

Screen capture from Youtube here:  Special Meeting May 4, 2026

At this "Wark Times" link:  Tantramar council dismisses complaint over ‘hostile’ Facebook posts |

More here:  Sackville NB Community Chatter | Facebook

and here:  Tantramar Tomorrow - Citizen Innovation Lab | Facebook

and here:  Sackville UNCensored : "Sackville NB Community Chatter" on Facebook - Josh Goguen, Town of Tantramar Councillor Running Secretive Online Group?

“Out of an abundance of caution, to avoid any confusion between my role as a councillor and informal online spaces, I’ve posted a notice on this affected page stepping back as a admin and moderator.” - Josh Goguen, Town Councillor Ward 3 Tantramar 2026 [a little late now Josh]

Instead of playing on Facebook in your free time you could be working towards accomplishing a more constructive goal in the region you were elected in and paid $2,000 per month to work for? Perhaps working on a youth project that's long overdue..  just an idea to think about Josh.

This town has so much unrealized potential.. its all about shaping the future and wise building.


This overlooked and ignored Tantramar Skate Park Project is going to get built in this region.... because I want the local youth to wake up on a Saturday and Sunday morning and head out to play with their skateboards for a day of fun and unstructured play... I will be driven in the coming years to ensure they get this opportunity to play as much as they want to afterschool, through the spring and fall, and all summer long outside in the fresh air and no one is going to stop the forward momentum of this awesome local project.. I will never give up.. I believe in the power of positive thinking, making good on promises made, and doing good projects, not in lazy Town Hall staff and inept politicians who do not deliver... I believe our youths' lives matter in Tantramar.. this is my stated goal:  I will never enter politics.. I will never sell the youth out here... I ignore haters, gossips, petty people, uninspired thinkers, and naysayers... and regardless of all the censorship I have endured online and in the "community" and how much negative attitudes have prevailed against me about this effort-- I really don't care.
Great skateparks make great towns.. shine on skateboarding youth.. you are worthy.
Let's do this..

#BuildBackBeauty


Mike Tower is a retired liquor store worker and long time town councillor and back in the summer of 2013 he sat and listened to a group of youth presenting in the Town Hall in Sackville who were asking for new concrete skatepark venue.  Tower is not worthy of a vote in the coming election; he did nothing to help them in the last 13 years.. he is an unaccomplished grifter. More here:





After a great telephone conversation some years ago with Mayor Sandra Snow in Kentville Nova Scotia I am convinced that with the right group of people advancing efforts this project is worth pursuing in this region.. team builders wanted!




More here on the history of this region and a new concrete skate park project for our deserving youth:





Feb 28, 2026

Pete Hegseth "The Department of War Has Officially Put Scouting America on Notice" USA

 At this link on Youtube:  The Department of War has Officially put Scouting America on Notice.


Fun local fact:  Tantramar is home to "1st Tantramar Scouts" and Tantramar's Town Councillor Josh Goguen is a local Scout Leader - - they are fundraising currently for a big trip to Sweden.

Find Out More here:   1st Tantramar Scouts | Facebook



Stop by our booth down at the fall fair family day to lean all about scouts including our new program for 4-5 year olds called chipmunks!"
Start them real young..... right Josh?
Rumour has it around here that Josh Goguen also runs a private Facebook group online at:
Tantramar NB Community Chatter | Facebook

Oct 25, 2023

"Sackville NB Community Chatter" on Facebook - Josh Goguen, Town of Tantramar Councillor Running Secretive Online Group?

 Reposting this article was originally posted 4/1/2023....


What does Moneris employee and Scout Leader Josh Goguen really have to hide? Is Josh being ethical, moral and transparent in his approach as an elected Town of Tantramar Town Councillor? Running a private "gossipy" closed group .. why? Is he just the wrong guy now to be running this Facebook group online?  I think so..

"Josh Goguen:  Yeah, so I manage the Sackville Community Chatter page. I’ve been managing that for about two years now. And I just kind of throw all the information from the municipality and around Sackville. I did have some people question me—my integrity, basically—because they were worried that I was going to start blocking posts from other candidates and just kind of favoring myself. But no, there’s no bias, and there’s no moderation on the site. As long as it keeps the peace and everybody keeps civil, then I’m good. All other candidates and mayors, and I’ve even shared my own posts from other candidates on the site. And yeah, it’s all about getting the information out there and getting people to actually know what’s going on and get out and vote." see full article at this link:

Meet the candidates: Josh Goguen, running in Ward 3 (Central Sackville) » CHMA 106.9 FM (chmafm.com)

Secretive culture in this online space is concerning.


Facebook group has grown to over 2,500 members
since the original post was made... as I am unable to use Facebook and examine the postings there I would suggest the lack of transparency is a problem.  I also think that if Josh does not recognize that this is problematic he is in need of some training on ethics and morals ie. doing the right thing especially if he wants to hold himself out as an advocate for the general public.  If I cannot see the posts and others who are not on Facebook cannot see the posts and discussions there is cause for concern and perhaps also a conflict with his paid role as Town Councillor for $2,000 per month on government payroll.  Its worth mentioning if you are "allowed" into this group.


still marked to "Private" Sackville NB Community Chatter | Facebook 

Group history shows when this group was created, as well as changes to its name. You can use Group history to see whether a group's purpose has changed over time.
Changed name to Sackville NB Community Chatter
Mar 31, 2022
Changed name to Entity 40 (AKA Sackville NB) Community Chatter
Jan 31, 2022
The group Entity 40 (AKA Sackville NB) Community Chatter was created
May 28, 2021