If you have looked at the MaRS model for R&D, incubation, etc., you should listen to this podcast. Located in Toronto’s Discovery District — two square kilometres that have been designated as the city’s centre of innovation – the MaRS…
Continue ReadingThe revenge of the outsourced
I had a chat today with someone (who shall remain anonymous as they are a frequent reader of this blog) who had lunch with a bunch of folks from a Latin American country that are in New Brunswick training to…
Continue ReadingIt’s the economy, stupid podcast (June 16)
Here is the latest podcast edition of the blog. Hope you enjoy it. We are talking about in-migration, biofuels, building education linkages with India and other stuff.
Continue ReadingThe OECD pokes at every sacred cow in Canada
If you are so inclined there is a very detailed analysis of the Canadian economy and recommendations for improvment from the OECD. You can read it here. If you have access, you can read Jeffrey Simpson’s assessment here. The report…
Continue ReadingThere’s no such thing as bad press?
I read most of the big papers in Canada (or at least scan them for relevant content). Lately, there have been a number of stories about New Brunswick. There were several on the irony of Canada’s only officially bilingual province…
Continue ReadingTax free day
Now that I am in the ‘media’ so to speak (as a columnist) I can see things from the perspective of the journalist. But what I am trying to find out is this. I heard at least 6-7 stories on…
Continue ReadingThe world is flat, no wait, it’s spiky, no maybe it’s actually round?
Thomas Friedman makes a bajillion dollars telling us the world is flat. That technology and globalization means that anything can be done anywhere. Richard the-rock-star Florida comes along and says, wait, Friedman is wrong. The world isn’t flat. In fact,…
Continue ReadingGrab some of that pie
You know that a number of Canadian universities and colleges are going to be all over this. I wonder if New Brunswick’s schools even have this on the radar: India asked Canada on Saturday to share its knowledge and make…
Continue ReadingOne liners abound
“In the land of blindmen, the one-eyed man is king.” “To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (that probably describes me) and, now, introducing my one liner: “In the land of thin skins, beware the paper…
Continue ReadingBoneheads abound
I usually don’t call people boneheads but come on: Jason Childs, an economist with the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, said the Bathurst call centre closure may be an indicator of a boom in the local or the…
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