Got a few questions relating to immigrants who graduate from our universities/colleges and would like to pursue their careers in New Brunswick. I’ll put forward a few thoughts on this. If you think about it, networks matter – informal and…
Continue ReadingIntellectual laziness and public policy
We live in an age of unprecedented access to information, decision support tools and expert opinion. When I started in my career more than 20 years ago, I had to get Statistics Canada data by going to the UNB…
Continue ReadingWhere will the EI changes have the greatest impact?
Where will the EI changes have the greatest impact? The Mowat Centre has been writing op/eds and analysis insinuating the impact will be greatest in Western Canada but if you read carefully – they say at the ‘individual’ level. I…
Continue ReadingVancouver: Complacent about rapid growth? Lessons for NB?
I love following the debates that go on in other cities across Canada. Take Vancouver, ex-City Planners are ‘concerned’ that the current leadership is not doing enough to prepare the city for the rapid growth expected over the next 40…
Continue ReadingFrom Genesys to a revelation: Local Multinationals are the low hanging fruit
I have had the opportunity to do some work with Invest NB so I put my bias on the table but I have to say the folks who are complaining that most of Invest NB’s announcements have been multinational expansions…
Continue ReadingEverything you ever wanted to know about natural gas
The Economist magazine has a spectacular special report this week on natural gas. It covers everything from how the gas market works, to the new technologies used to extract gas to how gas is changing energy markets around the world.…
Continue ReadingLabour Market Bonanza! Stats Stats Stats
For those of you looking for data related to my column on labour market trends in the TJ today, ask and ye shall receive. The following tables show the trends for each of Canada’s provinces in multiple areas. If you…
Continue ReadingAre professionals in New Brunswick slacking off?
I am reading that in the United States, the professional class and the wealthy are working far more hours per week than they did a couple of generations ago while the poorer classes are working considerably less hours. I don’t…
Continue ReadingThe Maritimes are on the IT Capital Merry-Go-Round
The announcement that Salesforce.com is buying a Halifax firm is very interesting. I encourage you to click on the link because the owners of that firm can’t be much older than their mid 20s. $70 million richer today. I still…
Continue ReadingOne-and-a-half cheers for capitalism
I watched The Secret of My Success last night while on the treadmill and it’s a pretty good movie if you can get beyond the David Foster anthems and cheezy hair styles of the 1980s – what were we thinking?…
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