It's The Economy, Stupid

I love the relatively new tool set up by the New Brunswick provincial government to help young people navigate career choices.  It covers wages, skills required, etc. and has lots of nifty infographics. The one thing that bugs me is…

Just about everyone is apoplectic about what is happening with our airport sector in the province (and region).  We have to differentiate between a short term – Covid-19-driven response and the longer term impacts.  People are speculating that airports will…

I went to university in the States in the mid-to latter 1980s.  Before that I had almost no exposure to politics. I have to say looking back it was a politically tumultuous time.  As one example, President Reagan just fired…

When asked in the past why don’t we encourage more births as a way to rebalance our demographic situation my standard answer was that we don’t have enough time.  The wave of Boomer retirements is well underway in New Brunswick…

What is the purpose of the unemployment rate? According to Statistics Canada the unemployment rate is the “number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force” which isn’t particularly helpful.  The agency defines unemployment as follows: “Unemployed…