Every once in a while I will get a call or an email usually from a bureaucrat, journalist or partisan criticizing me for a) being far too negative and b) distorting the facts by using selective data and putting forward…
Continue ReadingA breath of fresh air
Sometimes you read a phrase or sentence that just tastes like sweet nectar from the vine. It just makes your day or week. Read this sweet sounding narrative. It is the annoucement of a senior executive being placed in Halifax,…
Continue ReadingVoting day
Today’s the day to get out and vote. I just spent the last two days getting grilled by my father about the 99 reasons I need to vote for Stephen Harper. I have to balance my father’s partisanship against my…
Continue ReadingNew Brunswick Investment newsletter
Someone sent me this link. I hadn’t seen this before – it is a monthly newsletter from the investment group at BNB. You can sign up and have it sent to you each month.
Continue Reading21inc Ideas Festival
I am participating in a panel discussion at the 21inc. Ideas Festival that will be held in early November in St. Andrews. I got an email from the coordinator asking me to feel free to invite folks in my network…
Continue ReadingWhat’s up with Steve Murphy?
One thing about Maritimers – say what you will – but we are known to be people that stand by our words (more or less). ATV’s Steve Murphy telling Dion he wouldn’t run the outtakes of the interview and then…
Continue ReadingLabour force survey
There is no question that 2007 was a strong year for employment growth in New Brunswick. I tracked this growth on this blog. However, I pointed out that you need to look at these things more longer term to show…
Continue ReadingParson Manning makes a salient point
I always liked Preston Manning. He was like a contempletive version of Ross Perot. In this op/ed piece in the TJ he calls for more think tanks or at least better funding for the current ones. He says: In the…
Continue ReadingYou want it? Take it.
What I can’t understand is why all these folks complain about Equalization and other benefits to being the Maritimes and demanding their fair share. Here is a comical version. What are people like this guy saying? They want B.C. to…
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I have been reading about an organization called ProChile which is mandated to help small and medium-size enterprises in their trade expansion efforts by leveraging the opportunities afforded by recent trade agreements, fostering public-private partnerships, and helping position Chile in…
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