It's The Economy, Stupid

One of my economics professors in University was particularly lavish in his use of Latin phrases.  I mean they all use some standard phrases – ceteris paribus, a priori, etc. but this guy seemed to be speaking another language. Almost…

I have a theory about cities, towns and villages and their mayors.  In my experience, if a mayor is in more than one term the city, town or village starts to look and feel like the mayor.  If the mayor…

I’m going to revisit a topic I look at least once or twice a year:  Fostering exports as an economic development goal. I would say that the majority of economic development folks in Atlantic Canada mostly agree with my main…

If you think about it much, it was only a matter of time. Most immigrants in Canada until recently settled in Toronto and the biggest urban centres.  Places like Moncton or Charlottetown or Estevan, Saskatchewan relied mostly on natural population…