I was sorry to see former Alberta Ralph Klein passed away. He was a colourful guy and presided over a period of prosperity in Alberta. I had an interesting Ralph Klein moment way back when he was first elected. I…
Continue ReadingA more intelligent export strategy
The government announced its new and anticipated export strategy this week and I wrote some thoughts about it in my Telegraph-Journal column this morning. I awoke to an email criticizing my views and suggesting that I don’t understand the purpose…
Continue ReadingNew myths and new myth makers
Below is my TJ column from earlier this week. I have been really struggling to craft a coherent position on EI reform. One the one hand, I was calling for a similar type of reform that is now in place. …
Continue ReadingHugo’s New Brunswick Legacy
I see Hugo Chavez passed away. Someone, somewhere is concocting a conspiracy theory. The Americans must have done it. Anyway, I suspect most New Brunswickers have forgot about Hugo’s gift to New Brunswick back early in his reign. He cancelled…
Continue ReadingICYMI: The demise of New Brunswick’s Mad Men (and women)
I’m not sure why this bugs me so much but it does. I really dislike the fact that New Brunswick’s advertising and PR business is so piddly compared to everywhere else in Canada. Below is a recent column I wrote…
Continue ReadingICYMI: Not your father’s Fredericton
From a recent TJ column: If I asked you to give a thumbnail sketch of the Fredericton economy, you might be tempted to say it is “a government town”. While public administration remains a vital part of the regional economy…
Continue ReadingGraham cracker crumbs…
Someone asked for my thoughts on the departing Shawn Graham. I have mixed views on the Graham government. On the one hand, I thought a number of their initiatives would have been important contributions to renovating New Brunswick. But they…
Continue ReadingCry havoc and let slip the dogs of…. debate!
Happy to be debating my fellow economic development thinker Yves Bourgeois at the Let’s Debate NB dialogue put on by 21 Inc. next week. I suspect that we will not have diametrically opposed views on most of the issues we…
Continue ReadingFracking fluid? Bottom’s up
Someone asked me to comment on the new oil and gas rules released by the government today. As I have said many times I am not the guy for that. I read them over and it seems they have tried…
Continue ReadingTake the NB heath quiz: where are the biggest boozers?
To the snarky guy who made fun of my TJ byline that states “writes a daily blog”, here’s the math. 3205 original blog posts here since October 2004. Roughly 3,045 days since I started the blog. Or, an average of…
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