I like Bruce Fitch. I run into him occasionally at church. His commentary against upping the HST has been published in at least the T&T and the Gleaner. In the commentary he hammers the idea of raising the HST and…
Continue ReadingIt’s the economy, stupid video version
A bunch of folks have been asking me to consider a video version of the blog. I tried it before but found it too cheesy. But the good folks over at iCommunications said they would dress me up like Anderson…
Continue ReadingA little ED primer for you
A little primer on economic development for you. A case study if you will. Bell Aliant is trimming its workforce by laying off more than 100 non-unionized managers across Atlantic Canada, CBC News has been told. Bell Aliant has been…
Continue ReadingBlogroll, please
Stumbled across this blog http://albert-county.blogspot.com/ today. It’s hard to keep up with local blogs that have interesting content on the province or a community in the province. Send me the link to any that you think are interesting. I have…
Continue ReadingFinding a niche for NB ports
It seems to me that the Port of Belledune and other Maritime Ports need to figure out what their niche is within the Atl. Gateway concept. Complaining about Halifax won’t help. Halifax will always be the dominant port in the…
Continue ReadingDon’t worry, be happy
“Here’s a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it not for note, don’t worry – be happy.” “In every life we have some trouble, if you worry you make it double, don’t worry – be happy.” It…
Continue ReadingParlez-vous why can’t we attract French immigrants and investment?
I see Saint John is in France trying to woo immigrants to the port city. One of my little curiosities in life relates to how we can spend tens of millions of dollars each year to promote bilingualism, embed it…
Continue ReadingWeb shopping
Statistics Canada is out with its latest data on Internet shopping but doesn’t give any detail about Atlantic Canada in its summary. I’d like to crunch the numbers but you have to buy the data and it would cost a…
Continue ReadingLocal versus provincial
An age old problem when it comes to economic development is the issue of local versus provincial (and in come sense even federal). In other words, who has the mandate? Who has the responsibility for economic development? I have constantly…
Continue ReadingBe… profitable in this place
I hear that BNB is rolling out a national advertising campaign with the message “Be profitable in this place”. Generally, the message of profitability is a saleable one when it comes to business investment. However, I do think that these…
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