I guess I am getting too old and/or to cynical because when I saw this, my first instinct was a sense of dizziness. The New Brunswick Community College is out with its latest graduate follow up survey and they are…
Continue ReadingLive by the gravy……
I am in Portland, Maine today. Toronto the last couple of days. Not much time to look around. I, like most economic developers, am following the continuing saga of the auto industry in Ontario. It is, behind oil & gas,…
Continue ReadingA couple of good economic development stories
A couple of good news economic development stories this morning for Nova Scotia. Port Elgin’s Atlantic Windows is expanding in Amherst and nearly $300 million in contracts from Boeing and Lockheed Martin is flowing to Atlantic Canadian firms. None of…
Continue ReadingIt is truly amazing, it really is
I was talking to someone yesterday about the closure of mills and attempts to replace these mills with tourism. He was citing several examples of rural NB mayors touting tourism projects. I have followed this trend but I have a…
Continue ReadingGuess who is buying America?
A poster asked me to comment on Richard Florida’s blog called Guess who is buying America? So, I will. First, foreign acquisitions by themselves are not greenfield foreign direct investment. I don’t have a problem per se with what you…
Continue ReadingThe link between change and sacrifice
Whoever put me on to the Council on Foreign Relations podcasts, thanks again. It makes for great listening while I take the dog for a walk or run on the treadmill. I heard a great panel discussion from CFR where…
Continue ReadingBernard Lord’s trial balloon
The was a small thread in the T&T recently that was interesting. First, some (likely the man himself) leaked that former Premier Lord was considering running in the next Federal election. Then, columnist Bill Belliveau wrote a savage rebuke of…
Continue ReadingStoopid is as stoopid does
It would seem that my proclivity for pedestrian terminology in the vernacular has been construed to understate my endowment for lucidity when imparting my sagacity on the populace. http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx But actually, if you think it through, less is more. I…
Continue ReadingTop 10 Reasons David Letterman Should Visit Nova Scotia
This is neat. #7 Triple bypasses are free for everyone!
Continue ReadingBricklin’s back
The TJ has a great story today about Malcolm Bricklin’s new electric car venture today. He is using a Toronto-firm to build the battery. He made some interesting comments about his New Brunswick venture all those years ago: “We brought…
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