An article today about the NB consultations on the labour market: The Government of New Brunswick will bring together various stakeholders to build a province-wide strategy to help address the labour market imbalances. “Together we will develop and implement an…
Continue ReadingTalking points
I see in the TJ that economic development folks are getting a little restless. Talking about the upcoming skilled labour shortage summit, several economic guys are stressing that it has to be more than ‘talk’ and actually result in tangible…
Continue ReadingA good example
I have been calling for years for the provincial government to publish a good economic ‘scorecard’ which no government has done. The Lord government had a ‘report card’ but it was basically a marketing document where they tarted up a…
Continue ReadingLord to run McGill health care centre
Is there another Bernard Lord that we don’t know about? Did McGill hire the wrong guy? The TJ is running a story today that McGill recently hired the former premier to oversee its new health care institute for strategic analysis…
Continue ReadingMore on language-based immigration targets
How exactly does one set a language-based immigration ‘quota’? The Telegraph Journal keeps harping on this story – and it feels an awful lot like an ‘us’ versus ‘them’. Acadian groups support it and guys like Percy Mockler oppose it…
Continue ReadingExactly my point
I just read the front page of the TJ where someone is calling for language-based ‘quotas’ for immigration. She says if 30% of NBers are Francophones then so should 30% of immigrants. This kind of thing is exactly representative of…
Continue ReadingImportance of having an urban centre
Alec Bruce uses his typical blend of humour, biting satire and good data in his column today. At issue is the TJ report on Tuesday that Nova Scotia is more prosperous than New Brunswick and that a key reason for…
Continue ReadingThe media love in
Someone stopped me in the street yesterday and asked me if I had an opinion on why the media in New Brunswick (mostly the Irving papers) are so enthralled with Premier Graham. There have been a litany of stories gushing…
Continue ReadingThat dull ache in the back of your head
I have a confession to make. I have a guilty pleasure. I listen to Air America several times a week. I find it fascinating. It is so vitriolic. Regularly George Bush’s name is used in the same sentence as Mussolini.…
Continue ReadingJeannot’s influence is wide ranging
Ocassionally, I read some journalist from outside New Brunswick quoting Jeannot Volpe. Typically this is rare as the national media will know the Premier but very few others. This was evidenced by a story in the Globe & Mail referencing…
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