New Brunswick’s auditor general is out with his latest report. It’s almost 200 pages worth of mostly data on the provincial books. I am still going through it but page 48 is interesting. That is where you will find a…
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It seemed to me that Whitehill was always based on a fairly terminal business model. When you are basically a one-trick software pony the more successful you are the more likely it is that someone will buy you out or…
Continue ReadingIcelandic emigration
I hear that Manitoba is getting set for another wave of immigrants from Iceland following the economic collapse. Apparently this happened once before and a number of Icelanders settled in Manitoba. I have always wanted to go to Iceland. They…
Continue ReadingFredericton, Ontario’s broadband revolution!
Hey, it looks like broadband in Fredericton has resulted in the city attracting “numerous companies”. This is from a U.S. columnist who apparently knows all about Fredericton and its broadband: I expect some people will be pretty surprised in a…
Continue ReadingMarching in support of economic development?
I guess the ‘Chi is starting to get interested in economic development. More than 200 people came out on Saturday to show their support to the sale of the Weyerhaeuser mill. A Quebec-based company, Arbec, wants to buy the mill…
Continue ReadingPulling against gravity: Redux
“The Western economy is the beating heart of Canadian progress in the future. This is where the action is. And, if this is where the action is economically, then we have to be there, too.” says Michael Ignatieff, who is…
Continue ReadingPolitics and economic development
I have been trying to make the case over the years that support of economic development can translate into political rewards. I have just recently looked at the 2006 election results in New Brunswick (provincial) and correlated them with recent…
Continue ReadingRestless New Brunswicker
I just finished reading Ike, a biography of former President Eisenhower and now I am on to Team of Rivals, another look at Abraham Lincoln this time from the perspective of his Cabinet. The author talks about Lincoln and his…
Continue ReadingThis is fun
I love these little stories of entrepreneurial success. Hartland-based Covered Bridge Potato Chips ready to expand after only a month in operation. Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company — based in Hartland, home of the world’s longest covered bridge — is…
Continue ReadingMusing about manufacturing
We have talked a lot on this blog at various times about the potential (or lack thereof) of the manufacturing sector as an economic growth engine. There’s a story this morning about the Nova Scotia NDP proposing a manufacturing tax credit.…
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