It's The Economy, Stupid

This makes 6-7 major announcements in the past couple of months: Ceridian Canada to Establish Centre of Excellence on Prince Edward IslandCeridian Canada, a leading human resources services company, willestablish a centre of excellence on Prince Edward Island to meet…

Finally, some common sense coming out of Alberta on the Atlantic Canada ‘problem’.

Monctonlandlord asked for my ideas regarding municipalities and their efforts around economic development. This is something that would require some serious thinking but my initial thoughts are below (with special effects for your reading pleasure). Picture the scene: ….Knuckles cracking,…

I was given a copy of the City of Moncton’s Vision 2010 Strategic Plan last week and as I flipped through it I started to chuckle. It wasn’t that long ago that municipalities did ‘curb and gutter’ kinds of things.…

Interesting article yesterday about the growth of data centers. Corporate demand for data centers is likely to remain strong for years to come, and cost issues will lead many companies to build new facilities in smaller markets in the center…

Okay, all you faithful bloggers. Time to get you engaged in the process of economic development research. Here’s your research question. How did New Brunswick’s job growth compare to other Atlantic Canadian provinces and the national average from 2000 to…

I came across these numbers in a recent study by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards in Ottawa. It’s an interesting way to present the population challenge. Essentially, back in the 1960s when there were all those attempts…

The self-sufficiency commission wants people to provide input according to a column written by Francis McGuire in today’s paper. I had heard they were going to have some form of forum or blog on the site but none yet. However,…

At least one of our frequent posters will like this.

Rural economic development is not dead yet. HSBC North America Holdings has selected a farm field in the Town of Cambria as the site for its proposed new $139 million Niagara County data center, which will supplement its existing facility…