The takeover of the pulp mill in Nackawic is one step closer according to media reports yesterday. This is turning out to be another Lepreau. Keep the town in a highly emotional, intense environment for months and then announce the…
Continue ReadingInternational businesses in New Brunswick
A reader asked me recently how many foreign companies have actually set up in New Brunswick? Well, that’s a good question and pretty important given that our economic future depends on our ability to attract investment. So, I went to…
Continue ReadingCanada ranks 2nd among country brands
The Anholt-GMI Nation Brands Index (NBI), the only analytical ranking of the world’s nation brands, found that Canada is the second most favorite country in the world. This second quarterly NBI surveyed 10,000 people in 10 countries on 25 nations…
Continue ReadingWe’ve come a long way, baby
At 37, I don’t consider myself particularly old but I do remember a time when you had to pay $1,200 or more for a regular ticket to fly to Toronto from Moncton. Now, 15 years later, after significant increases in…
Continue ReadingHealth care – a key Canadian advantage?
In the past couple of years, the Canadian health care system has come under fire from local and international sources for its inefficiency, increasing wait times, underfunding, etc. However, the fact that health care is paid for by the taxpayer…
Continue ReadingNB Day – A Time for Reflection
Happy NB Day, folks. Here’s my thinking on this thing: Consider the main editorial and byline in the Times and Transcript and the Telegraph-Journal below: Celebrating NB, a special homeWe Say: New Brunswickers are among the most fortunate people in…
Continue ReadingPremier Lord: Master Tactician?
I don’t consider myself much of a political analyst but it never seemed to me that Premier Lord was much of a political tactician. In fact, it seemed to me that the day to day politics of being Premier pretty…
Continue ReadingTee hee hee
Was there ever any doubt that Premier Lord wouldn’t refurbish the Lepreau nuclear plant? Remember, last year he said it was uneconomical to refurbish and earlier this year he said that refurbishment would push up power rates by 6% for…
Continue ReadingNewspaper editing
I’ve always had a secret interest in editing a newspaper. So, just for fun, I have ‘edited’ Al Hogan’s meaningless and unfounded diatribe against city hall. Just for your amusement. ******************** Nobody’s heard so why bother? We say: Citizens of…
Continue ReadingCanada made me. How ’bout you?
I am reading through Norman Levine’s Canada Made Me – a book written in the 50s that paints a fairly bleak view of Canada. Levine meanders across Canada from Halifax to Vancouver and back and then writes up some gritty…
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