Pssst. Hey. Don’t you see that 900 lb gorilla standing right there? No, not there. Right There! Apparently not. The TJ is running a story on Jack Mintz – the venerable guru on economic and tax policy – at the…
Continue ReadingThe importance of measurement
I used to be a big fan of concrete ways to measure progress. However, in recent years, I have lost my appetite for it because of initiatives such as the former government’s ‘report card’ which was nothing more than someone…
Continue ReadingThe big ping pong game
I just got a chance to read through some of the ‘Stop Atlantica’ stuff. Most of it is rubbish. Plain and simple. They have raised some important issues and then blasted them out of an ideological cannon designed to rile…
Continue ReadingIt’s official. I’ve become my parents
It was bound to happen. I find myself criticizing my daughters music and humming music from the 1980s. It just pops in my head. Only instead of Frank Sinatra, I am humming Don Henley or Phil Collins. There is one…
Continue ReadingHand out vs. hand up
I just read about the Telus union complaining vigorously about some of the basic customer service functions that the company wants to do in the Philippines. The union would gladly advocate giving more money to the Philippines in the form…
Continue ReadingA kind of a tipping point
A slightly different take on Equalization and its effects.
Continue ReadingLast of the big time spenders
How much you wanna bet these will be built in Quebec? Hey, for those of you who like your conservativism leaning Libertarian – Harper’s a Bush conservative. You get a lot more political capital out of spending than you do…
Continue ReadingAlberta will thank us, truly they will
I had to chuckle when I read this story in the TJ this morning: Creating a baby boon. Here’s the first sentence: The first week of public consultation by the province’s population growth secretariat has delivered one resounding message: ‘Make…
Continue ReadingDazed and confused
A couple of people called me yesterday looking for a quote on the latest labour market data published yesterday (see my previous blog). I just didn’t have the heart to do it. I don’t blame the media. For them this…
Continue ReadingMonthly labour market report
Get ready for the rosy reports on the New Brunswick labour market today and tomorrow. The latest Stats Canada data shows that for the first six months of 2007, NB has led the country in employment growth. But perspective is…
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