A lot of people already this morning have asked me why Research in Motion didn’t announce its 1,200 person R&D facility in New Brunswick. I think this is a complex question without a five cent answer. But the political answer…
Continue ReadingFinally, a ‘mega’ deal for Atl. Canada
AllNovaScotia.com is reporting this morning that Research In Motion will be announcing a huge research and development centre to be located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. They are suggesting that 1,200 jobs are involved. If this is true, hallelujah. A mini…
Continue ReadingThe hits keep comin’ – $123 million for DaimlerChrysler in Ontario
Industry Canada press release: The Honourable David L. Emerson, federal Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Joseph Cordiano, Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade, today announced support to DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. (DCCI) as part of the company’s planned investments…
Continue ReadingOntario/Canadian government investing $635 million in GM
From the National Post: The GM job cuts will not affect the Ontario government’s plan to invest $435-million in the company as part of a project to upgrade the infrastructure and research capacities of the automaker’s plants in the province.…
Continue ReadingThe benefits of business investment
Occasionally, people post in this blog criticizing economic development success stories such as Ireland. On that point, I am unrepentant. Attracting large scale business investment into your province must be a top priority in poor places like New Brunswick. According…
Continue ReadingGDP per ‘Crap’ita
This is in response to ‘Anonymous’ who sent over the TJ article this morning entitled: “Fishing lodge guest praises Lord in column”. I won’t deconstruct this article in its entirety. I think that Premier Lord is an excellent salesperson who…
Continue ReadingConspiracy!
Premier Lord is on the national speaking circuit outlining how Canada should deal with the rise of the sovereignist movement in Quebec. After his advice to Rootin’ for Hooton, maybe this is more than meets the eye. Here’s the scenario.…
Continue ReadingRedux: Don’t let the door hit you on the arse on your way out
Want to know the difference between the three provinces that are in population decline? Only one doesn’t admit it. Saskatchewan has made population decline its top issue. Newfoundland and Labrador seems to discuss it ad nauseum. However, that pesky province,…
Continue ReadingDon’t forget to turn out the lights
Once in a while, I get a reminder that New Brunswick’s problems are not unique to New Brunswick. Here’s the first sentence in Jeffrey Simpson’s G&M column today: It’s an old, cruel joke, the one about the last person leaving…
Continue ReadingTrevor Holder – Full of Piss and Wind
HeroesFifteen long years on a losing streak and a lot of bodies unburied and there comes a time when you cannot turn the other cheek you have got to ride the ferry past the battered old bodies of dead dead…
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