In case you didn’t read the TJ today, here is Donald Savoie’s commentary recommending that now is a good time for Business New Brunswick to do some navel gazing. Savoie isn’t particularly delicate in his commentary but I think BNB…
Continue ReadingStockholm wins intelligent community award
I see that Stockholm beat out Freddy and Moncton for the intelligent communities award. I think the most important learning for cities looking to win this award is simple. It’s not about how intelligent a community is right now. It’s…
Continue ReadingWither BNB?
Commenting on this issue is a complex one for me. I am talking about the retirement of the Deputy Minister of Business New Brunswick, Brian Dick. There are two reasons why I can’t have a candid conversation abou this. The number…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road 2: Washington
I walked by a store today called “Next Day Blinds”. I was so curious I went in and sure enough it is a chain of retail stories that offers only next day blinds. In some ways that is the essence…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road (3): Washington
I hope the NB government markets the heck out of this. It is a very flattering editorial on New Brunswick and its recent round of tax cuts. The writer ends his piece with this conclusion: You may recall that, a…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the Road: Washington
On my way back to the hotel this afternoon, I stopped off and watched Star Trek in the local theatre here. I tend to go by myself to movies of which I am sure my wife would never wish to…
Continue ReadingIbby and definition of urban
I was going through my old music cassette tapes a few days ago and uncovered one of my favs from the 1980s. “The Politics of Dancing” by Reflex. There’s a line in there that says “The politicians are now DJs”. …
Continue ReadingBNB using social media
I have been saying for three years that Business New Brunswick should embrace social media. I called it “dispatches from the road” and my thinking was to engage New Brunswickers in the process of economic development. This is a good…
Continue ReadingIgnatieff attack ads
You know I don’t particularly like wading into the political realm because I have called just about every election in the past 10 years the wrong way. Nevertheless, I am fascinating by the mechanics of the political process. I wonder…
Continue ReadingWho’s the energy hub?
An enthusiastic Jean Charest launched the Romaine River hydroelectric project on Wednesday, calling it the biggest construction initiative in Canada. The Quebec premier got behind the wheel of a bulldozer and crushed a pile of sand where a road will…
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