I don’t want to beat this to death. I have already covered this several times before but after another discussion today with some adamantly defending corporate tax cuts, I have to restate my argument. The stated reason for an across…
Continue ReadingFollow up on the gravy train
For those of you who may have read my column this morning and be all out of joint or have read about Atcon with great indignance, I thought I might give you just a little bit of ‘education’ this mornin’.…
Continue ReadingRevisiting a few old themes
Theme 1: An economic development sports analogy – If my Edmonton Oilers are like the New Brunswick of North America then my Washington Nationals (poor old Expos) are like Zimbabwe. Theme 2: I heard a guy give a speech a…
Continue ReadingYvon Godin
I had never met NDP stalward Yvon Godin until Saturday. I actually had a good conversation with him about the NDP win in Nova Scotia and what it might mean for the party in New Brunswick and I asked him…
Continue ReadingWhat would these guys do if not for the Atl. Canada example?
You don’t get to to be the “Chevening scholar” studying at the London School of Economics, or a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute or a fellow with the Manning Centre for Building Democracy if you aren’t particularly intelligent. But when it…
Continue ReadingZooming in on aerospace, defence
The TJ is running a story today about the potential of the aerospace and defence market for New Brunswick firms. This story has been repeated like a mantra for as long as I can remember. One of the best indicators…
Continue ReadingReminder
I would like to remind folks that this blog is not a catch all place to post your deepest darkest concerns or links to rumours or anonymous slander. There are lots of places for that but not here. In fact,…
Continue ReadingThat old stubborn law of unintended consequences
For some of you, my comments this morning will seem a little schizophrenic but it is really not. I fully support efforts by government to use taxpayer funds (and tax credits) to attract industry to the province if it is…
Continue ReadingThe tax cutter crowd need some perspective
I don’t like to pick on people by name in this blog but I do once in a while to illustrate a point. The point today is that the tax cutter crowd (those who only want government to cut taxes)…
Continue ReadingThe great NDP experiment
Nova Scotia has an NDP Premier with a majority government. Politically it represents a major breakthrough in Atlantic Canada. I’ll be very interested to see how the NDP tackles economic development in Nova Scotia. The political temptation (or at least…
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