My rental car yesterday had satellite radio so I enjoyed a mix of CNBC, Bloomberg News and BBC News for the five hours I was driving around NB. In the middle of the afternoon I got a fascinating example of…
Continue ReadingGood looking project for NB
http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/bnb/2010e0673bn.htm This looks like a good project for NB but I have never heard of BNB using payroll rebates before. I can’t find any other references to it before. Is this new? What is the program about? What are the…
Continue ReadingNB Power: A Random Thought
I know people are getting fatigued about this but it does continue to dominant the low level conversation around here because it was one of those once-every-10-years policy debates. My random thought is this. Why did they announce what customer…
Continue ReadingThe problem of NB Power’s debt
During the debate over NB Power, a number of people that disagreed with me used the argument that the large industrial users were the problem and if they could be purged, it would be far better for the system. One…
Continue ReadingCivilization and its discontents
I have been thinking about that new political party after reading the TJ article yesterday. I know I have been banging on this drum a lot lately but it is a fundamental issue for me. I need to get my…
Continue ReadingGet out your chequebook
I get an email about this every year – I have never actually pulled the trigger and bought it but it would be an interesting read. There are over 3,000 different subsidies. For my American readers, don’t be too smug…
Continue ReadingOregon and the Happy Hippies
I am just about ending an interesting long weekend here in Oregon – I have a long overnight trek home to Moncton. We finished up last night with a Bruce Cockburn concert in a small hall with folding chairs in…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road: Oregon
Here I sit in Portland, Oregon waiting to leave to climb Mount Hood. This place looks a lot like New Brunswick. Not particularly wealthy but lots of trees, a wood products industry, etc. This is the only U.S. state I…
Continue ReadingManitoba study validates NB value prop
I talk this morning about the world’s largest axe in my column. I also reference an interesting study done by the province of Manitoba that shows New Brunswick in a favourable light (mostly). Beyond what I mention in the column…
Continue ReadingGood news over at ACOA
The Hill Times is reporting on the latest Public Service Employee Survey which finds that ACOA is the highest rated place to work among federal government in Canada. Agency name Score (maximum 5) 1. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 4.33 2.…
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