This is another high wage job announcement in Halifax: Keane Canada Inc. announced Thursday it will be creating the software applications jobs within the next five years, thanks to an investment from the province worth up to $6 million.The Economic…
Continue ReadingA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
You have to give it to Al Hogan. He is a man of consistency. While the Telegraph-Journal is running thoughtful stories today on the upcoming provincial budget, Al is leading with: Will N.B. get a tax break? Why don’t we…
Continue ReadingLiteracy and mobility
From the TJ this morning: New Brunswick has “got to raise the bar” on literacy if the province has any hope of revitalizing its flailing economy and contributing to a workforce that can compete in a changing global marketplace, the…
Continue ReadingCensus data shows some areas of concern
There were a few issues of concern coming out of the new Census data from yesterday. I haven’t read the general press this morning so I don’t know if this is being addressed. I will address it here. First, employment…
Continue ReadingIncentives Galore!
A recurring theme on this blog is the subject of using taxpayer dollars to lure industry either through tax breaks, grants or other investments. The commentary ranges from outrage to gung ho support. My own opinion, stated many times, is…
Continue ReadingNB power and economic development
This is not a joke. I just got a note that David Hay, CEO of NB Power will be speaking at the Enterprise Central NB Business Awards Ceremony in April on the topic “NB Power and economic development: A Partnership”.…
Continue ReadingBlog usage update
Just got a report from LocalintheKnow. 7,400 visitors to the blog in January. Over the past few months we are averaging around 6k readers.
Continue ReadingHallelujah moment
My Baptist upbringing intrudes. From a David Shipley article in the TJ quoting me: “I’m not saying I don’t like the 500 job announcements, if we could land something like Research in Motion, which was landed in Halifax with 1,200…
Continue ReadingCall centres redux
Chris Morris interviewed me on Friday about the call centre industry in New Brunswick (on the heels of a national report on call centres). Morris’ work seems to get lots of play – it was picked up by the CBC,…
Continue ReadingCool Breezer
We got the messageI heard it on the airwavesThe politicians are now DJ’s The Politics of DancingRe-flex1983 When I was in college in the 80s, a couple of hip guys would call certain people “cool breezers”. These were guys that…
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