Here’s the first few lines of an op-ed in the T&T today: By Gilles Lepage and Francis McGuireN.B. Self Sufficiency Task ForcePublished Monday February 19th, 2007Appeared on page D7 Change isn’t coming to New Brunswick; it is already here. For…
Continue ReadingSetting up a population secretariat
On Friday, the Premier announced he would be setting up a population growth secretariat that will start up on April 1. For once, I agree with Jeannot Volpe. There is a population secretariat already in place. Has been for several…
Continue ReadingHonest people sometimes tell fibs
According to the Reader’s Digest ‘Wallet’ test, Monctonians are the most honest people in Canada. But we do like to fib once in a while. Al Hogan’s got a survey out this morning in the T&T showing that 92% of…
Continue ReadingA little light reading for your pleasure
Statistics Canada is out with it’s report on Foreign and Domestic Investment in Canada. You will be happy to know I have been wrong all alone and Jeannot Volpe has been right. His little tax cuts have spurred massive foreign…
Continue ReadingCCPA doesn’t think much of Atlantica
Sigh. Objectivity is not very objective these days. But I guess at least we know where the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is coming from. For such a presumptious name, you might think they would be serving up some actual…
Continue ReadingStep into the ‘breech’
This is very interesting. I’ll let you read it and see what you think. Just remember that New Brunswick has zero foreign offices and zero economic development employees located in foreign markets.
Continue ReadingAwaking the beast
Poor old journalists have likely been the target of the majority of my consternation over the 2.5 years I have penned this blog and the 15 years I have been dusting off the old soap box on a daily basis.…
Continue ReadingWhat can basketball tell us about economic development?
Not much but as I watched my daughter’s team crush their opponents today I was having some fun watching the opposing coach. He was frustrated, angry, hysterical, etc. But as I watched his little hissy fit, I had a thought.…
Continue ReadingA little local chutzpah
You have to admire the pluckiness of Truro, Nova Scotia. They’re on a bit of growth curve and they have been running billboard advertisments in Moncton for quite some time. The first round of ads talked about Colchester County as…
Continue ReadingLure VCs here
I’ve been promoting this concept for awhile. As I understand this, the State of Oregon is investing $76 million into venture capital firms that establish offices in that state. The money is from the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. I…
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