I just listened to a BBC podcast where this ex-Internet entrepreneur said that solar power would be the #1 source of power in the U.S. within 30 years. The economic development potential of that statement is in the billions of…
Continue ReadingOnline education and municipal electricity
I didn’t see this but it looks like an interesting project. Apollo Group, Inc. has announced that it plans to establish a new Canadian institution, named Meritus University. Following review of program proposals by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission,…
Continue ReadingDaulton in Italy
Just heard on the news that the Ontario Premier is in Turin, Italy today making the case that Ontario is the best location for the new Fiat plant that is likely going to be announced in a few months. I…
Continue ReadingAw, Look at PEI, All Growed Up
I must have missed this press release in all the hullabaloo around my quitting a job and starting out on my own. A regional manufacturing facility will be established in Pooles Corner, thanks to a combined investment by the Government…
Continue ReadingIt’s the economy, stupid podcast edition (May 18)
Click here to listen to the podcast edition of It’s the Economy, Stupid for May 18th, 2008.
Continue ReadingHearts and minds
Maybe Business New Brunswick should take a page from the military playbook. Maybe BNB should engage the public more about its activities to support economic development in New Brunswick. There’s not enough public knowledge about a) what economic development is…
Continue ReadingRestating the ground rules
A few people have asked me why I allow ‘negative’ posts about economic development. They say it is kind of defeating my point. Actually, no. My point from day one back in October 2004 was to start a dialogue about…
Continue ReadingPercy’s short memory
Remember when former Premier Lord initiated a sustained national campaign against the federal government over Equalization? Remember all the talk in the Globe & Mail and the National Post about NB’s ‘Constitutional’ right to more Equalization? Or maybe you remember…
Continue ReadingA poke the eye
As most of you know, I have recently started my own consulting gig after 17 years of working for various organizations. There are costs associated with starting a new business and as a result my VISA card is starting to…
Continue ReadingGet thee online
OregonProspector was recently nominated for a Stockholm Challenge 2008 award. It is one of many websites popping up with a wide variety of site selection information. Target Nova Scotia is a good example but there are a few too many…
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