Just a quick blog this am on the new Liberal attack ads posted at: http://www.liberal.ca/multimedia_e.aspx First, I got a chance to see the ‘military’ ad before it was pulled early last night. I have to say, politics aside, that I…
Continue ReadingThe longest commute
I have openly mused about the unwillingness of Atlantic Canadians to ‘commute’ for work. I find it a little bizarre that a place like Moncton can have job shortages while communities 30-60 minutes’ commute around the community have unemployment rates…
Continue ReadingFDI my oh my
This blog is actually in response to a David Jonah post about Canada lagging behind its peers in economic growth. I have commented on this in the past. While the PM and his team continue to tell Canadians we are…
Continue ReadingWant to know what rural business leaders want? Ask them.
Rural business leaders want outside investmentSome politicians and others have suggested that supporting local business is the best path to successful rural development. They drone on and on about small business financing, stimulating research among small businesses, supporting trade development,…
Continue ReadingTJ affirms they don’t get it
In today’s Telegraph-Journal editorial: Tapping N.B.’s new culture of opportunitythe writer correctly identifies what I believe is the top issue for this province: What is the Conservative plan for economic development? However, they go on to make their wish list…
Continue ReadingWould the real ‘fiscal imbalance’ please stand up?
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…
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