Not that I want to raise this issue, again, but I listened to the Spin Reduxit podcast for this week and wanted to make a little clarification as is my wont. Let me say first, however; that I hope the…
Continue ReadingNBers prefer ATVs to video gaming
I was involved in a very interesting conference yesterday discussing the forestry industry in New Brunswick and one of the points in my presentation was that New Brunswickers are using the forest for recreation more than most other provinces. I…
Continue ReadingApache backs out
It’s hard to know the real reason why Apache has decided not to proceed with its shale gas joint venture with Corridor. You would need a phd in geology to understand the language in the press release. Corridor doesn’t…
Continue ReadingEnergy subterfuge – a lesson in strange language
I’m told the Energy Minister, Craig Leonard, is one of the brightest lights in the Alward Cabinet. The strange, almost weird, language used in this article makes me wonder. It is possible the journalist misquoted him or the words got…
Continue ReadingIs everyone in New Brunswick on Facebook?
This guy says that 418,700 New Brunswickers are on Facebook. I will be interested to see his methodology when the report comes out. There are about 750,000 New Brunswickers but 73,000 of them are nine years old and under.…
Continue ReadingWhat the frack?
After I spoke on CBC Info Morning last week about shale gas development in New Brunswick I got a few emails – a couple in agreement with my view and a couple opposed. One guy from Nova Scotia sent me…
Continue ReadingAlward’s economic development dilemma
I met NS Premier Darrell Dexter this week for the first time. He seems to be one of those politicians operating at a speed just a little faster than the rest of us – energetic and fully engaged. In…
Continue ReadingEqualization in Harperland
I think I might have mentioned one time that I have a Google Alert set up for the word ‘equalization’ and I get an email on a daily basis showing references to articles, reports, etc. with this key word. …
Continue ReadingA different kind of spin
I am involved in an increasing number of economic impact studies and I am clear with clients that there is a huge difference between projects that increase economic activity and those that just recycle it. An economist once joked that…
Continue ReadingAre we a drive through province for creativity too?
Despite the newishness of the provincial and now federal governments, I sense a subterranean melancholy among a lot of folks involved in the development of this province. I talked with another old timer recently who suggested that New Brunswick’s only competitive advantage…
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