Just got back from that information session on the proposed changes to the French Immersion system. I have fairly strong feelings on this but I know my judgement is clouded by my personal situation (three kids in the system). But…
Continue ReadingSalutations from St. John’s
Second time over here in the past few weeks. Good town. Fantastic people. Drizzly and 9 degrees this morning. I see that Stephen Lund from NSBI made the list of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs this year. It’s a well…
Continue ReadingThey like us, they really do
That title is a little play on John Candy’s words in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Just to pick up on the immigration theme that I am spending more time on lately. It is my sense that there is a small…
Continue ReadingPeeing in the Wheaties this morning
If you can read this, it’s my latest column designed to annoy just about everyone. I am calling for the consolidation of NB’s air services into one single airport for the province. Ouch. But don’t judge me until you read…
Continue ReadingJobs are the thing
I am sitting in a session with 12 immigrants (blogging in real time). They love it here but the key is the job. Spouses can’t find jobs. Others are underemployed. But they all say that if there were good career…
Continue ReadingIt’s the Economy, Stupid Podcast (June 23 edition)
Here is the podcast for this week. I look at occupational wages, comment on Richard Florida, weigh in on the upcoming Tory leadership race and tell you where I am vacationing in early July.
Continue ReadingComparing wages
Some of you prefer less pontificating and more hard data so here is some for you to chew on. It is a few occupational categories and the median earnings for full time, full year workers from the 2001 and 2006…
Continue ReadingOntario’s efforts to promote itself abroad
Someone, I think it was Mikel, put me on to TVO’s The Agenda. This is a good podcast. I just listened to At home in a globalizing world: minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello on Ontario’s efforts to…
Continue ReadingFloating your own trial balloon
I don’t blame the media but when you read about “sources” indicate that person x or person y is considering a run at the Tory leadership, it is likely the actual person him or herself. This is now standard fare…
Continue ReadingUsing technology to overcome the ‘place’ problem
Just finished Richard Florida’s book, Who’s Your City. When I saw the title, it sounded familiar to me. Early in the book Florida gushes over his appearance on the Stephen Colbert show. It just clicked that Who’s Your City is…
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