I just finished listening to Bruce Cockburn’s newest album (or is it digital music release?). I know that he has gotten quite niche in his old age (translation he doesn’t sell as much as the Lovers in a Dangerous Time…
Continue ReadingIndeed, things are out of control
I had to sign after I read this article about health care in Saint John this morning. The provincial government spends $2.5 billion on public health care in New Brunswick. The average household in New Brunswick spends another…
Continue ReadingPond on ICT exports
Gerry Pond is right. The ICT industry needs to focus on companies that are building products and services for the export market. This is a variation on a theme that we have talked about many times here. If the…
Continue ReadingDrawing a solid line between A and B
I think this new report from the NBITC is helpful (full disclosure there are a few charts in there I had developed a couple of years ago) and show some almost startling data around the IT talent pipeline in New…
Continue ReadingSpreading the pain
I already received an email this morning complaining about call for tax increases this morning in the TJ. They seemed to have skipped right over the other ideas in the column. Look folks, New Brunswickers pay less income tax,…
Continue Reading‘Industrialization of our rural landscape”
Here’s a really good article in National Geographic about the efforts to develop the shale gas industry in New Brunswick. It focuses on the partnership between the Southwest Energy and their leading edge environmental efforts in New Brunswick. The…
Continue ReadingADHD is a predictor of entrepreneurship?
There’s a guy who writes a blog where he summarizes every day all the latest research into a wide variety of economic and social issues. I have it as one of my tabs when I open Google Chrome every…
Continue ReadingEconomic impact versus economic footprint
Every once in a while I find myself explaining what is a fundamental concept in economic development but one that is so hard to grasp for a lot of folks – many of whom are in positions of influence. There…
Continue ReadingLearning from Glasgow
Probably the most common question I get is “why would company or industry x want to ever locate in New Brunswick”? People intuitively understand investing here in forestry or mining or some other natural resource but they can’t get their…
Continue ReadingPoverty vs. Inequality
I am not particularly comfortable musing about broader concepts for which I have little expertise but I think they do inform the broader conversation about long term economic development so I will soldier on. I listened this morning to an…
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