There are a few constants in life: death, taxes and the CFIB opposing increases to the minimum wage. After having studied this issue in detail, I remain convinced of two things: 1) the government should have a competitive minimum wage (compared…
Continue ReadingEducating the Citizenry
I have read several ‘outlook for 2010’ articles relating to Northern New Brunswick that were surprisingly positive. I think one was even titled something like ‘big things for Miramichi in 2010’ or similar. I hope so – I really do. In…
Continue ReadingOn Mike Murphy
I only met him a couple of times – he invited me to lunch one time to talk about economic development when he was an opposition MLA. I think he was certainly one of the Liberals strongest Cabinet ministers and I…
Continue ReadingAn unreviewed decade
Back in the office today after nearly two weeks away. I missed most of the media while out of the country so I spent sometime over the weekend looking at recent articles (online) and I can’t find a whole lot…
Continue ReadingEGM adds value
I wasn’t able to keep up with the news as I should have while I was away the last two weeks but I see now that our old friend Al Hogan had a little bomb shell to lob over the…
Continue ReadingIBM Global Location Trends Report
IBM is out with its latest report on global location trends. I don’t think it will come as any surprise that of the roughly 22,000 jobs created in Canada from foreign companies in 2008, Ontario and Quebec accounted for about…
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