I forced myself to watch the debate last night – all but about 20 minutes of it – because I am always hopeful that someone will disaggregate their comments about how great Canada’s economy is doing and talk about the…
Continue ReadingThe Old Man of the Mountain speaks
Ok, he’s actually from Albert County – but there must be a few hills out there. I’m talking about David Jonah and his blog Local Moncton Web. While his blog and ideas run much beyond just economic issues, he takes…
Continue ReadingAsk and ye shall receive
A poster to this blog wanted to know more about where the jobs were being created in New Brunswick. While I can’t afford to purchase the whole data set from Stats Can, I was able to pull off a few…
Continue ReadingGoogle fun
Another funny thanks to the folks at Google: Go to www.google.com type: french military victories into the search box. Click ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’. View some California dreamer’s idea of funny. You have to admit it is cute.
Continue ReadingThe 10% red herring
A red herring is defined as a distractor that draws attention away from the real issue. The government constantly throws up this statistic of having a lower than 10% unemployment rate. In fact, the Premier calls this one of this…
Continue ReadingConspiracy theory and job creation
For me one of the best measurements of the growth of an economy is the increase in total employment in a community or province. This is more relevant in an area such as New Brunswick which has high unemployment (third…
Continue ReadingTempest in a teapot
I think I’ll just shut down this blog and divert all traffic to Alec Bruce’s Atlantic Canada First blog. He is nice enough to post his Times & Transcript article from January 3 in its totality. Less talk, more action…
Continue ReadingPut population decline on the agenda
Whenever you have a fundamental change in something, people usually start talking about it. For many it becomes an issue of concern. For example, let’s say you gain 50 pounds. You may do so over 10 years but at some…
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Resolution
This blog has been up and running for about 15 months give or take. There are a few hundred return readers and a few thousand that have visited the site since its inception. So, in an effort to do my…
Continue ReadingT&T ends the year as it began
Despite letting Alec Bruce rant once in a while, the Moncton Times and Transcript has not waivered in its propaganda-like support for Premier Lord. In their last year ‘We Say’ editorial, here are some of their glowing observations: Provincially, Premier…
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