Well, folks, I’m in Boston with the family mixing a little biz and pleasure. So, I’ll try and post a few from the road. I was reading about Devens in the local paper. Devens is a suburb of Boston that…
Continue ReadingWhat’s a war crime?
I know this is a blog about economic development, but I will digress for a moment. What’s the deal with Iggy and war crimes? I realize he’s an academic heavyweight – Ignatieff was ranked 37th on the list of top…
Continue ReadingFraser Papers to Shut Two New Brunswick Sawmills
I never say I told you so but….. Fraser Papers Inc., a forest products company partly owned by Brookfield Asset Management Inc., said it will close two sawmills in the Canadian province of New Brunswick for two weeks because of…
Continue ReadingYa gotta have priorities, no?
Ah, to be in British Columbia in the spring……. Oops, I drifted off there. I was just reading that PM Harper is going to honour the former Liberal commitment of $591-million to to boost trade between Canada and Asia. B.C.…
Continue ReadingCanada’s top 100 companies
Remember how many blogs ago, with some consternation, I lamented the fact that everytime people talk about ‘innovative’ companies in New Brunswick they roll out Mathis Instruments? Or CARIS? I mean, I have nothing against these firms but they were…
Continue ReadingWatch this one
I know most of you have no patience for the national media crapping on New Brunswick. I wouldn’t either except that I realize national policy makers (elected and bureaucrats) read the national papers. They do not read Al Hogan. I…
Continue ReadingWeird sense of denial
Former Premier Bernard Lord has posted a thank you note to New Brunswickers on the PC web site. Check out this segment: Two weeks ago, the people of New Brunswick chose a new government. While our party and our platform…
Continue ReadingA rush to judgement
The National Post is running an editorial today that is less than enthusiastic about Shawn Graham’s first couple of weeks in office:A slow start for New Brunswick Last Tuesday, Liberal Shawn Graham was sworn in as New Brunswick’s 31st premier.…
Continue ReadingA bit disoriented this morning
When the labour market survey came out last month, there were several thousand less people working in New Brunswick. No mention in the Times & Transcript. The new population estimates came out three weeks ago confirming one of the most…
Continue ReadingDidn’t get a bump in jobs
For any Liberals that thought electing Shawn Graham as Premier would lead to a fountain of new jobs in the first few days, you guessed wrong. Canada added a modest 16k jobs from Aug to Sept but NB was down…
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