I had to drive the triangle between Moncton – Fredericton – Miramichi and back to Moncton today with my two brothers. An interesting trip – mostly a walk down memory lane. Anyway, as we were driving on Route 8 from…
Continue ReadingThe labour market polka
It’s a fascinating comment on, well, something. The labour market articles in the morning papers today followed the same formula as always: Quote almost directly from the government news release Get a quote from Sam LeBreton how great things are…
Continue ReadingSigh
I am not going to publish another long winded blog on the labour market survey and the government’s press release. Except to say that I continue to be amazed and actually saddened that the current government is exactly like the…
Continue ReadingIt’s half past 12, do you know where your diaspora is?
I don’t know if you have heard the advertisments on the radio but there is a firm offering a GIS program that will let you ‘track’ your teenagers where ever they go without them know. As a dad with an…
Continue ReadingAmbition
There is this economic developer I know that I swear sits around most of the day thinking up ideas. Ways to trying and stimulate economic development in his community. Could innovative oil shale extraction techniques in Albania work in his…
Continue ReadingNo Favouritism
According to the front page of the TJ, Stephen Harper has come out again and emphatically stated that there will be no “side deals” that show favouritism to one province or the other. Sometimes I just think that politicians think…
Continue ReadingWatching the titans do battle
My thoughts turn to our libertarian-leaning friends every time I see another example of large scale corporate subsidization. People whine and moan about the nickels and dimes sloshing around New Brunswick to try and prime a little economic development. Check…
Continue ReadingA kind of validation of my thinking on this
A New York research firm has published a report with looks at “how companies are using innovative location strategies that rely on geographic diversification to successfully respond to the challenge of talent recruitment. The report says this: “….companies across a…
Continue ReadingMixed feelings on this one
I have mixed feelings about this. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership was in Fredericton yesterday (in cooperation with local ED officials) making the pitch for Canadian companies setting up in Virginia. On the one hand, I understand that the goal…
Continue ReadingClusters, creatives, chickens, eggs, oh my!
I think I blogged on this exact topic a few months ago but I felt in light of the high Canadian dollar it would be worth bringing the topic back. Michael Porter’s cluster theory – Cliff Notes VersionIndustry clusters have…
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