Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald visited Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday and asked him for $400 million for an Atlantic Gateway to Asia from Halifax and the Strait of Canso. Last week in Vancouver, Mr. Harper announced $321 million…
Continue ReadingEconomic Corridors, Bill O’Reilly, Bernard Lord & other odds and ends
I’m back from a great trip to Boston. It’s a great and dynamic city – I enjoy myself every time I go. A few talking points this A.M.: Economic CorridorsI missed this article when it came out in July (I…
Continue ReadingDo as I say, not as I do – or something like that
There is something a little untoward about people who spent a lot of time urging other people to give to the poor and then make efforts to give less themselves. It’s a bit “Like a preacher stealing hearts at a…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road: Boston
Well, folks, I’m in Boston with the family mixing a little biz and pleasure. So, I’ll try and post a few from the road. I was reading about Devens in the local paper. Devens is a suburb of Boston that…
Continue ReadingWhat’s a war crime?
I know this is a blog about economic development, but I will digress for a moment. What’s the deal with Iggy and war crimes? I realize he’s an academic heavyweight – Ignatieff was ranked 37th on the list of top…
Continue ReadingFraser Papers to Shut Two New Brunswick Sawmills
I never say I told you so but….. Fraser Papers Inc., a forest products company partly owned by Brookfield Asset Management Inc., said it will close two sawmills in the Canadian province of New Brunswick for two weeks because of…
Continue ReadingYa gotta have priorities, no?
Ah, to be in British Columbia in the spring……. Oops, I drifted off there. I was just reading that PM Harper is going to honour the former Liberal commitment of $591-million to to boost trade between Canada and Asia. B.C.…
Continue ReadingCanada’s top 100 companies
Remember how many blogs ago, with some consternation, I lamented the fact that everytime people talk about ‘innovative’ companies in New Brunswick they roll out Mathis Instruments? Or CARIS? I mean, I have nothing against these firms but they were…
Continue ReadingWatch this one
I know most of you have no patience for the national media crapping on New Brunswick. I wouldn’t either except that I realize national policy makers (elected and bureaucrats) read the national papers. They do not read Al Hogan. I…
Continue ReadingWeird sense of denial
Former Premier Bernard Lord has posted a thank you note to New Brunswickers on the PC web site. Check out this segment: Two weeks ago, the people of New Brunswick chose a new government. While our party and our platform…
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