Here is the audio version of the podcast for this week. It seems to be cutting out a bit. I will try to fix that going forward.
Continue ReadingUranium mining and fearmongering
I know nothing about uranium mining and don’t claim to but the following chain email that is being sent around is an excellent example of how people can completely distort things without one ounce of fact. Now, I know you…
Continue ReadingWinter Dark
I just finished David Adams Richards’ book Lord Beaverbrook. It’s an interesting read – you’ll get through it in no time – it’s a short 180 pages or so. It is already discounted on Amazon. You can pick it up…
Continue ReadingJust plain curiosity
Someone said to me this week that I have a “real passion for economic development” – right after I got on a soapbox and starting making my stump speech about the need for more investment, more good paying jobs, more…
Continue ReadingLearning from PEI
PEI has issued a new five year economic development plan. Read the summary and my notes below: FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC STRATEGY ANNOUNCEDCHARLOTTETOWN, PEIA five-year innovation strategy designed to focus the Government of Prince Edward Island’s economic activities was released today. Island…
Continue ReadingPEI launches new economic development strategy
PEI has issued a new five year economic development plan. Read the summary and my notes below: FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC STRATEGY ANNOUNCEDCHARLOTTETOWN, PEIA five-year innovation strategy designed to focus the Government of Prince Edward Island’s economic activities was released today. Island…
Continue ReadingPutting the ‘grass’ in grassroots
From the Tribune Online: Need ‘City of Restigouche’Published Wednesday April 9th, 2008Appeared on page A7 This Friday is the deadline for people to allow their names to stand in the upcomming Municipal elections. At this time, our region is facing…
Continue ReadingBiodiesel from plastic, economic development from water
Nova Scotia’s doing some interesting things in the area of alternative energy. They are rolling out wind farms, investing in tidal energy and now biodiesel from waste plastics. The Nova Scotia government is investing in an expansion project that will…
Continue ReadingCorporate social responsibility
There are some of you that think I am a rabid Hayekian free marketeer and there is some truth to that in the sense I believe that well-formed competitive markets with relative ease of entry/exit tend to offer better outcomes…
Continue ReadingI like small biz, I really do
My TJ column today followed a common theme on this blog – namely, the difference between small business owners and ‘entrepreneurs’. To some this is a semantic quibble, but if government policy is meant to create ‘entrepreneurs’ that are looking…
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