There were another series of articles last week about the decline in the manufacturing sector in Canada. Most economic developers I talk to don’t want to touch manufacturing with a ten foot poll. One group I work with ocassionally has…
Continue ReadingOld world thinking for a new world
A few years ago, somebody I worked with calculated the savings that a pulp mill in New Brunswick gets from incentive power rates from NB Power and found that over a ten year period, it was literally tens of millions…
Continue ReadingBrian Dick – Post numero uno
I have never actually met Brian Dick, former VP at ACOA and new-guy-with-the-impossible-mandate as head of the self sufficiency process. Most people that know him that I have some contact with think highly of him. A guy, apparently, that likes…
Continue ReadingFailure Parties
I have not been posting for a while. In truth, I was getting pretty disappointed with things – both in the economic development world and with this blog. It seemed to me that some people just like to bitch and…
Continue ReadingLove those ol’ cliches
I love cliches. I don’t really know why but I am always using them and on the look out for new ones. You know: He who laughs last, laughs best; Looking for a needle in a haystack; Put your foot…
Continue ReadingKindergarteners need to stick together
I had another conversation yesterday with a proponent of more cooperation between the Maritimes on economic development. She couldn’t believe that we don’t cooperate more. We share the same regional economy. We share the same fate. Why not cooperate? (hey,…
Continue ReadingVintage Al Hogan
One of the media reports yesterday talked about how the defection of Joan/Wally to the Libs would be good for Moncton. Good for Greater Moncton because there are two more voices around the government table. You know, about the exact…
Continue ReadingAnother example of why the Maritimes economy will not improve without an attitude change
Fascinating stuff. To be understated about it. What I find amazing about newspapers is that they will let every Tom, Dick and Harrietta talk about economic development like they know about it. Here is Karen Blotnicky, lifelong economic development expert…
Continue ReadingJoan and Wally – Liberal marital bliss
News flash. I hear Joan Macalpine and Wally are crossing the floor this morning to be come Liberals. I guess Joan will be visiting my house now for support. I was told in the past that I live in ‘Frenchy…
Continue ReadingThis is not your father’s Liberal Party
The Liberal Party of Canada put out a press release yesterday entitled: Canada is Not for Sale: Protecting Our Economic Sovereignty In which it served up the standard claptrap about the perils of foreign direct investment (apparently the Conservatives are…
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