As I have reported in the past, Region 1 (Greater Moncton and southeastern NB) is one of the least physically active areas in all of Canada (out of something like 140 health regions). Maybe it’s time to follow Calgary’s lead.…
Continue ReadingParadox of politics
PM Harper & Shawn Graham with self-described wonderful relationship = $400 million for road upgrades (about the same the feds gave over the past five years). PM Harper & Rodney MacDonald with deep resentment on both sides = $1.2 billion…
Continue ReadingShovel ready sites
After a few depressing posts, I’ll get back to the business of economic develpment this morning. I have been tracking a growing trend – particularly in the U.S. – of jurisdictions developing ‘certified’ or ‘shovel ready’ industrial properties for large…
Continue ReadingWhere have the good people gone?
Just listening to the Jack Johnson song, Where have the good people gone? and I realized what’s been bugging me all day. Ever since I read that friggin’ David Coon call for a lynch mob today. I mean look it,…
Continue ReadingOne step forward, a dozen back
The absurdity of the thing is downright amazing. I am referring to the residential development project that was slated for the Portage Vale area near Sussex. This was a $100+ million development that would have attracted wealthy investors from Ireland…
Continue ReadingReviewing the energy hub concept
I am way over my head in this area so I won’t attempt to talk about specifics when it comes the energy sector. I’ll just make a few comments given the TJ story today about the possibility of a second…
Continue ReadingTake that, Fort McMurray
Just saw this in a Saint John publication. Good stuff.
Continue ReadingWhy can’t Maritimers be motivated?
That’s the title of a Charles Moore commentary in the T&T today. I hope you can read it by clicking here but you might need a password. Here’s the first paragraph of the column: How excellent it would be if…
Continue ReadingNewfoundlanders and their ‘passports’ of convenience
I guess the standards of what makes good op-ed fodder is not much different in Moncton than in Edmonton. Apparently, Lorne Gunter, senior columnist at the Edmonton Journal, thinks that his role in life is to crap on Atlantic Canadians.…
Continue ReadingCFIB says NB small biz are optimistic
I just read that New Brunswick small and medium sized businesses are the most optimistic in Canada. This is according to the latest CFIB survey of business optimism. The journalist was at a loss to describe why NB SMEs were…
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