I don’t know why this toll issue is coming up again. There is no way any government in New Brunswick is going to propose toll highways after what happened in 1999. Sure, I know that Nova Scotia has tolls and…
Continue ReadingEnergy hub – lessons from the West
A couple of days ago, CBC had a interview with an advisor to President Obama on energy and climate change issues. The guy singled out Manitoba Premier Gary Doer and said he had been working with California on clean energy…
Continue ReadingThe wheels on the bus go round ‘n round
There are a few old grizzled veterans around like the 80+ year old Hal Fredericks and the younger but knowledgeable Donald Savoie that truly understand the scope and scale of economic development efforts in this region going back 40 years…
Continue ReadingRumour has it
Someone told me today that he hears the provincial Liberals are thinking about calling an election this year. The idea is to get a new mandate out front of a few potentially difficult years and provincial budgets. It’s an interesting…
Continue ReadingMann, now you talkin’
From the TJ today: Tom Mann says it’s time to make New Brunswick’s public pension plans work for the entire province by turning the public dollars into government bonds that will keep money in the province instead of investing in…
Continue ReadingPeople love moving to Canada
HSBC Bank International’s “Expat Explorer Survey” was done to find out what countries are favorable for expatriates, how well they adjust to local conditions and how well they become friends with the locals. The study surveyed 2,155 expats from 48…
Continue ReadingLooking at R&D, again
Nice article in the TJ today about R&D in New Brunswick and the role of an organization called Springboard and its role in commercialization of research. But what is annoying about these types of articles is that they tell a…
Continue ReadingOn Quebec Sovereignty
The secret to Quebec separation from Canada, it seems to me is simple. I had this thought again as I read this article about how Quebec would be better able to weather the recession if it was a separate country. I…
Continue ReadingFor those of you who appreciate irony….
This is a fascinating thing for me to behold: Tom Mann, executive director of the New Brunswick Union said the government needs to look for ways to generate revenue – such as highway tolls – rather than cuts to the…
Continue ReadingThe death (or dearth?) of manufacturing
Stats Canada came out yesterday with a study on the decline of manufacturing in Canada. Being the lemmings that we are and the fact that the media in Canada is edited by Geraldo these days, this type of study leads…
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