I decided to post the entire Liberal press release for a purpose. See my notes below:A Liberal government will make New Brunswick a leader in economic development again as part of their “Charter for Change,” Liberal Leader Shawn Graham vowed…
Continue ReadingNova Scotia reaches for the stars
Zippity Doo Dah, Zippity-A – My oh my, what a wonderful day. I guess you could call this stepping outside the economic development box. Cape Breton could become a launch pad for space shuttles, with the province giving land —…
Continue ReadingInternet Usage – 2005
Stop the presses, we have reclaimed 9th spot in Canada for the % of households using the Internet. Rejoice. We were 10th the last two surveys.
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Cooker Boy sent this clip along. It’s a CBC documentary (17 minutes) on the economy of New Brunswick from 1965. It talks about a lot of the pressing issues of today. Also an interesting interview with KC Irving. Of particular…
Continue ReadingGo east, young grads
After a myriad of Atlantic Canada bashing stories, the National Post is actually running a positive one this morning. I can’t give you a link because it is ‘paid content’ but here are some excerpts: “We’ve been led to believe…
Continue ReadingYou say pota-ato, I say potahto
For the past at least five years – more like ten – people have been talking about getting immigration in Canada to be more dispersed into places like New Brunswick and Saskatchewan. But little has been done – New Brunswick’s…
Continue ReadingTouché
From a Chronicle-Herald story: Farms Ontario, a non-profit organization helping farmers in that province and the Maritimes hire foreign workers, says there will be 14 Nova Scotia farms relying on outside help this year, up from three in 1998. The…
Continue ReadingVirtual-Agent Services to create 50 jobs in Stanley
Election fever. Three jobs announcements in two days. There haven’t been that many in the last two months. An Illinois-based provider of contact-centre solutions, Virtual-Agent Services (VAS), has established its 16th New Brunswick customer contact centre in the Village of…
Continue ReadingExports should be an election issue
There are two reasons why exports should be an election issue: 1) Because when you exclude the Irving refinery, total exports are down by $800 million from 2000 to 2005. This translates into thousands of lost – mostly rural and…
Continue ReadingKeep an eye on this
Keep an eye on this. Lest you mistake my intent, I have never said we need to exclusively focus on attracting foreign investment. I think that is a key component but my real focus in on attracting our share of…
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