The top Geek on Ice (no diving here) has been pushing the idea of an NB IT association. One of the older veterans of the NB IT scene, has some concerns. I am of a mixed mind on this. There…
Continue ReadingDiving and Missing the Point
Unbelieveable. I don’t know what is more annoying. All the diving in the NHL these days or the Elections NB advertisments. On the former, I remember three guys trying to take down Mark Messier and he dragged them along. You…
Continue ReadingAttracting digital media development
PwC is nice enough to provide us with a list of all digital media and animation incentive programs in Canada. BC, Manitoba, PEI, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario all have lucrative incentive programs to promote this industry in their jursidiction…
Continue ReadingThis should be part of the energy hub
A Nova Scotia research group will look for deep coal deposits and saline aquifers in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton as it studies the possibility of carbon capture and storage to reduce greenhouse gases. The federal and provincial governments…
Continue ReadingNanotechnology and New Brunswick
Another big research win for New Brunswick. Gotcha. Today Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orleans and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the…
Continue ReadingAmo la Fiat
Alfa Romeo, the Italian sports car best known as Dustin Hoffman’s runabout in The Graduate, is returning to North America, and Ontario is making a strong pitch to persuade the company to assemble cars in the province. Sources said the…
Continue ReadingOn the sick
I listened to an interesting podcast yesterday on the way to Halifax. It was a BBC documentary talking about the “on the sick” trend in OECD countries. The OECD has done research that concludes that while long term unemployment has…
Continue ReadingMy work here is done
Notice the small biz/big biz comment. My work here is done. I shall move to the planet Vulcan to promote green economic development.
Continue ReadingA little sad today
I just heard that a couple of people I have a lot of respect for in Saint John were not very happy with my recent comments about the Benefits Blueprint for that city. It’s frustrating for me that when you…
Continue ReadingTap, tap tapper
I enjoy the commentary from an up and coming ABC journalist in the U.S. named Jake Tapper. He writes a daily blog and adds a little humour to the equation. On one of the Sunday talk shows, he floated the…
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