In my youth, I wasn’t much of a hockey player. My brother used to say that when he watched me skate he heard in his head the music from that old TV series The Dukes of Hazzard when the boys were…
Continue ReadingBetween grief and nothing… I’ll take grief
Let’s call this one your chuckle for the day. Someone sent me a short email saying “I’ll bet you are changing your mind about the importance of foreign investment now”. They were referencing a G&M story that Pfizer Inc. was…
Continue ReadingThe psychology of recession and implications for politicians
The TJ has a piece today about good old RB Bennet, the PM back in the Great Depression who was turfed in 1935. You can pull many messages out of this story but my thought was less about the depression…
Continue ReadingThis is creepy. I understand the political need for the Opposition to hammer the government but to attack the ROC contract and say: To add insult to injury, it was revealed last week that the government hired another Liberal-friendly consulting…
Continue ReadingACOA: the midwife to a new Atlantic economy?
You can’t deny the TJ editorial writers the occasional rhetorical flourish. There is a good editorial today that ends with the phrase: With a shift in policy, ACOA could become the midwife to a new Atlantic economy – one fuelled…
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday NB!
I see that Ottawa is celebrating New Brunswick’s 225 anniversary. The 31st annual Winterlude festival, which begins Feb. 6, will feature “the world’s largest ice lobster” and other East Coast-inspired highlights as part of a celebration of New Brunswick’s 225th…
Continue ReadingGreen buildings
I wonder if this is the type of company that ROC wants to see set up in Northern NB. The company manufactures green buildings but the components are fabricated in a central facility and then shipped for assembly. Interesting.
Continue ReadingThe Great Depression 2 is upon us!
I am sure there has never been a time in Canada where we have so eagerly anticipated a recession. First there was the cataclysmic labour market numbers for 2008 (the country added 260,000 jobs) now the retail sales data is…
Continue ReadingCreative communities is officially mainstream
And so it begins. The influential National Governors Association Center for Best Practices has a new report entitled: Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development. The report draws a direct link between investing in…
Continue ReadingSmarter, getting smarter….
Moncton made the list of top 7 intelligent communities. It was just announced by the ICF. First year on the short list. From grease monkeys to Einsteins in 20 years. Freddy Beach is a top 7 again this year. Intelligent…
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