Everyone has Maclean’s disease these days – I guess that should make Andrew Coyne happy. The Globe & Mail has a story this morning entitled “Job Seekers Swarming to Atlantic Canada” even as it reports there is still a net out-flow…
Continue ReadingOn the scarcity mindset
Just to follow up on that last post I want to make clarification. I believe that in general when it comes to economic development in Atlantic Canada there seems to be scarcity mindset. I have blogged on this before. What…
Continue ReadingPicking at old scabs
One of the first things I remember when I moved to Moncton to work for the Greater Moncton Economic Commission was a long talk I had about the ‘rivalry’ between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the area of economic…
Continue ReadingLockheed Martin is expanding in Nova Scotia
Lockheed Martin is expanding in Nova Scotia. Lockheed Martin Canada plans to create up to 100 new jobs within the next five years. The province, through Nova Scotia Business Inc., is supporting the company’s growth with a payroll rebate to…
Continue ReadingTerms of (dis)Union
Memorial University is putting on a forum entitled: Terms of (dis)Union – Confederation 60 Years On. I heard George Baker and two former NL Premiers on The Current this morning debating NL inside Confederation. Whenever this discussion comes up, the…
Continue ReadingLessons from Northern Ireland
It’s dangerous to comment on economic development elsewhere and draw some learnings for New Brunswick because there are inevitably folks around that have a disparate view. But at the risk of that, I’ll say that I am reasonably impressed with…
Continue ReadingThe gravy train
The Telegraph Journal ran a story yesterday detailing the spending from a northern New Brunswick development fund. It chronicled how funds were used to build statues, renovate historic train cabooses and renovate golf course clubhouses. It was one of those…
Continue ReadingEnergy and telecom corridor
Someone who knows about such things told me the other day that someone should tack on telecommunications infrastructure to that energy corridor into the United States idea. If the right of way is given for pipelines and electricity transmission lines why…
Continue ReadingPrimus Canada adding 113 new jobs at contact centre in Edmundston
Anybody know the salary levels at Primus? I think increasingly we need to focus on the quality of the jobs (i.e. wages, benefits, career pathing, etc.) and not just the quantity of jobs. Certainly Edmundston needs good jobs so I…
Continue ReadingTweeting economic development
I am officially Twittering these days. If you want to be tweeted with economic development snippits feel free to follow. Just search for Jupia – you should find me.
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