I don’t know about this. It seems once again the federal government wants to impose a national standard on provinces with very different economic, social and demographic realities. Jim Flaherty encouraged all provinces to lower their corporate tax rates to…
Continue ReadingOttawa may help dying company towns?
This is an interesting little reference: The next federal budget may include assistance for single-industry towns in Canada that have been hard hit by job losses and that have not shared in the wealth of employment that the Canadian economy…
Continue ReadingLabour market data looks good – for now
Statistics Canada is out with their jobs report for the past month and it looks good for New Brunswick. I applaud that and we can thank the construction industry, public service hiring, call centres and professional services for the growth.…
Continue ReadingIf you build it, they won’t come. Aw shucks.
Just a quick note this morning. To the poster Richard, I deleted your comments by accident. I got a few from our friend the ‘troll’ as he/she now affectionately calls him/herself and hit the wrong button and all were erased.…
Continue ReadingProactive versus reactive
I went to Costco last night to battle the hordes and pick up a few ‘last minute’ Christmas gifts. I would embark on an “I remember when” rant, but that’s not my point this morning. Costco has always had this…
Continue ReadingCredit where credit is due
I thought the front page story in the TJ this morning on our PISA scores in New Brunswick was a great piece of journalism. Not only did it clearly state the case, it actually made it real for people by…
Continue ReadingMcKenna’s new model?
Does anyone have a copy of McKenna’s speech yesterday? Al Hogan is gushing this morning but the summary of the speech doesn’t leave me tingling the way a McKenna speech did a decade ago. Apparently he is calling for lower…
Continue ReadingLost in the shuffle
It’s kind of funny but economic data tends to get released in clusters. Today we had three more variables from the Census and that is likely what will fill the NB newspaper pages tomorrow. But I don’t see a whole…
Continue ReadingDalhousie on my mind
You know I appreciate all the effort to keep failing pulp, paper and sawmills propped up but I think most of that is being done because nobody’s looking at any real new ideas. I have talked about a lack of…
Continue ReadingNew Census data out today
On language, mobility and immigration. I don’t have time to analyze this for you but here are a few quick stats to chew on: 73% of the people (7,115 in total) moving into Greater Moncton from outside the province over…
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