It’s interesting that the opponents of shale gas – the latest in Nova Scotia- have gravitated around this term ‘go slow’ to justify their opposition to the development of the industry. When you read their comments carefully, however; what they…
Continue ReadingHealth data confirms Edmundstonians are the most honest people in New Brunswick.
I took a quick look at the 2013 health indicators recently and found some of them kind of interesting. If you want oodles of statistics on regional health and determinants of health, you can use the NB Health Council data…
Continue ReadingSeeking a more intelligent Fredericton-Ottawa partnership
From a recent TJ column: Last week, Statistics Canada published is latest data on federal government spending on science and technology. The numbers are pretty grim for New Brunswick. Across the province in 2012-2013, the federal government employed 409 people…
Continue ReadingGreater Moncton – We’re OK
My attempt at a response to the tragic events in Moncton last week. From my TJ column: After the tragic events of this week, it’s worth remembering this isn’t the first time the City of Moncton has faced a crisis.…
Continue ReadingFredericton-based LuminUltra CEO short listed for national entrepreneur award
Since 1998 the Business Development Bank of Canada has been running its Young Entrepreneur Award contest every year to reward an ambitious Canadian entrepreneur aged 18 to 35. One finalist is chosen from each province and through a process of…
Continue ReadingLobsters, Jason Kenney and the future of the Maritime fishing economy
The lobster processors in the Maritimes are saying they are unable to handle the volume of work because of a lack of workers. The feds are cracking down on temporary foreign workers – they are insisting that in high unemployment…
Continue ReadingLearning the wrong lesson from Convergys
Whenever a call centre closes somewhere in Atlantic Canada inevitably I will get an email roughly similar to “I told you so”. There are lots of folks around that dislike efforts to attract industries to the region insisting that we…
Continue ReadingPiketty O’Reilly and perfect timing
I am half way through Piketty’s book and I can tell you it is a tour de force and it is written for the masses. There isn’t much in here (so far) that a high school grad with basic economics and…
Continue ReadingThe Million Jobs Man: Hudak shouldda adhered to the K.I.S.S. principle
When I first heard about the Million Jobs Plan, I thought it was an interesting gimmick. In age of short attention spans, people remember those snappy zingers – Nova Scotia’s recent election featured a million population pledge. Hudak was claiming…
Continue ReadingNuanced thinking about urbanity this morning
I follow a number of urban zealots such as Richard Florida and I find some of the thinking fairly pedestrian. It’s like the kid who thinks that two scoops of ice cream are better than one and three are better…
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