A few of the regular readers of this blog have suggested that I delve more deeply into the current political campaign. Warren Kinsella, the Grand Poobah of political bloggers, said on CBC yesterday that 90% of all new blogs are…
Continue ReadingDeterminants or detriment?
I know it’s not an economic story but I just had to share this. Here’s an excerpt from a story that ran in the Time & Transcript on Saturday: Miramichi City councillor Coun. John (Jake) McLaughlin expects a strong turnout…
Continue ReadingFDI – Redux
A couple of people have correctly stated there has been some foreign direct investment into New Brunswick in the last six years. My previous post was a bit of an exaggeration. India’s Birla Group bought the mill in Nackawic (with…
Continue ReadingAl & Alec
You know what’s funny? Al Hogan spends the majority of his editorial ink defending the NB government and yet he will allow little old Alec Bruce to write in his column some very negative things about the government. A few…
Continue ReadingGoogle’s sense of humour
Here’s an interesting trick. Go to Google and search for the word ‘failure’. The first hit will be the Whitehouse’s biography of George W. Bush. Then it gets interesting. Search for the word ‘failure’ on that web page. You won’t…
Continue ReadingYour daily smile
There is so much content, I am thinking about making this a daily feature. Canadian Press is running a story with the headline: Atlantic provinces’ private sectors lag in R&D – Universities keep pace but region’s firms too small. It…
Continue ReadingOn rural decline in New Brunswick
I spent some time yesterday in a same rural community in New Brunswick. I was chatting with a few key municipal representatives. We had wide-ranging discussions but the bottom line is that this community is like so many in New…
Continue ReadingThe Feds are Comin’! – or not
A few months ago I wrote a story on the rumour that the Federal government was going to decentralize its operations more throughout Canada to raise good will and support regional economic development, yadda, yadda, yadda. I was reasonably optimistic…
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