First RIM, now this: Rural Nova Scotia has a new champion, and his name is Kerry Martens. The Vancouver man is pledging to create 1,500 jobs in the Cumberland County community of Parrsboro in the next two years. And he…
Continue ReadingYoo hoo, where is Accelerating Prosperity?
NBPolitico makes an interesting point today. Wasn’t Stephen Harper going to turn on the gravy train tap to bolster Premier Lord’s election chances? What about funding for Pt. Lepreau? What about the PP2 (Accelerating Prosperity)? Am I the only guy…
Continue ReadingThe essence of the thing
“I think New Brunswick is well on the way to becoming a real economic powerhouse and it’s going to happen because of the decisions we’ve made over the last seven years to make New Brunswick the investment province,” said Kirk…
Continue ReadingUn-Truth in Reporting
In his quest to get Bernard Lord re-elected, Al Hogan has achieved a new high (or low depending on your perspective). The headline in the T&T today in big bold letters: Minacs to create 1,200 new jobs by year’s endNow,…
Continue ReadingCut the crap
After wading through all the wonderful self-congratulatory praise (see the press release) for the 2005-2006 financial performance of New Brunswick, I got to page 55 of 56. There I found this: Business New Brunswick actual expenses for 2005: $49.2MBusiness New…
Continue ReadingGraham vows to make New Brunswick an economic leader again
I decided to post the entire Liberal press release for a purpose. See my notes below:A Liberal government will make New Brunswick a leader in economic development again as part of their “Charter for Change,” Liberal Leader Shawn Graham vowed…
Continue ReadingNova Scotia reaches for the stars
Zippity Doo Dah, Zippity-A – My oh my, what a wonderful day. I guess you could call this stepping outside the economic development box. Cape Breton could become a launch pad for space shuttles, with the province giving land —…
Continue ReadingInternet Usage – 2005
Stop the presses, we have reclaimed 9th spot in Canada for the % of households using the Internet. Rejoice. We were 10th the last two surveys.
Continue ReadingListen to this clip
Cooker Boy sent this clip along. It’s a CBC documentary (17 minutes) on the economy of New Brunswick from 1965. It talks about a lot of the pressing issues of today. Also an interesting interview with KC Irving. Of particular…
Continue ReadingGo east, young grads
After a myriad of Atlantic Canada bashing stories, the National Post is actually running a positive one this morning. I can’t give you a link because it is ‘paid content’ but here are some excerpts: “We’ve been led to believe…
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