You know what’s funny? Al Hogan spends the majority of his editorial ink defending the NB government and yet he will allow little old Alec Bruce to write in his column some very negative things about the government. A few…
Continue ReadingGoogle’s sense of humour
Here’s an interesting trick. Go to Google and search for the word ‘failure’. The first hit will be the Whitehouse’s biography of George W. Bush. Then it gets interesting. Search for the word ‘failure’ on that web page. You won’t…
Continue ReadingYour daily smile
There is so much content, I am thinking about making this a daily feature. Canadian Press is running a story with the headline: Atlantic provinces’ private sectors lag in R&D – Universities keep pace but region’s firms too small. It…
Continue ReadingOn rural decline in New Brunswick
I spent some time yesterday in a same rural community in New Brunswick. I was chatting with a few key municipal representatives. We had wide-ranging discussions but the bottom line is that this community is like so many in New…
Continue ReadingThe Feds are Comin’! – or not
A few months ago I wrote a story on the rumour that the Federal government was going to decentralize its operations more throughout Canada to raise good will and support regional economic development, yadda, yadda, yadda. I was reasonably optimistic…
Continue ReadingGetting our share of FDI
According to the Export Development Corporation foreign direct investment (FDI) in Canada was $26.1 billion in the first nine months of this year, up from $8.2 billion in 2004. Geez, I wonder how much of that $26.1 billion in foreign…
Continue ReadingRaising awareness of economic issues
I was part of the Maritime News discussion today on CBC – a panel discussion and call in on what should be the most important issue in the upcoming Federal campaign. The topics varied from how bilingualism is a drain…
Continue ReadingAgriculture & the media
Statistics Canada published their annual statistics recently on the agriculture sector in Canada. The provide information on revenue (receipts), expenses and income (profits). There is also information on any subsidization by government. Anyway, for 2004, the agriculture industry in New…
Continue ReadingThe Christmas election
It looks like were in for an election sometime in the new year. Already, this is being dubbed as a ‘Christmas’ election in the hopes that a few people may vote against the instigators. Here’s what I will be looking…
Continue ReadingA word on downtown development in Moncton
If you read the ‘Sleuth’ today in the Times & Transcript, you would have read of ‘big new plans’ for downtown. However, they all depend on Premier Lord and his legacy. The new justice centre, apparently, is critical to the…
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