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The rise of the mini-business: Good thing or economy killer?
I have bought quite a bit from this artisanal chocolate manufacturer in Moncton. They were hawking their products at the Brix cafe over the weekend. Is…
Apr 15
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What will the folk songs be about circa 2080?
Some of you might know that I sing an a group called the Greater Moncton Chorale. I have no formal training but as the son of a Baptist minister was…
Apr 7
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March 2024
If we want renewed economic growth we will need a full court press (yes, including FDI)
What I don’t understand is this constant drive to demonize foreign investment in Canada. The latest example is this guy with the Council of Canadian…
Mar 16
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Dirty pool: Raiding labour edition
Back in the McKenna years, other premiers grumbled that the Tiny, Perfect Premier was coming into their backyard and raiding jobs. The Premier of BC was…
Mar 13
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Dear multinational CEO, just a note to say glad you are in our community. Love, Mayor Smith
I just heard another large multinational firm is closing its NB office and consolidating the good paying IT jobs in another Canadian community. This on…
Mar 4
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David Campbell
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Wooing foreign investment: An important economic development tool
There is a lot of handwringing in Canada these days about our worsening economic performance compared to much of the world. GDP growth, GDP per capita…
Mar 1
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February 2024
Should we taking mining seriously in the Maritimes?
It is hard to believe that just 20 years ago New Brunswick generated more GDP from mining than Newfoundland and Labrador (this excludes oil and gas). In…
Feb 28
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Could NB attract a chip plant?
Until recently I never even considered that a place like New Brunswick could attract a computer chip fabrication facility. If you look at the history of…
Feb 12
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David Campbell
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Are we attracting the right talent?
A commenter on my recent Brunswick News column wondered if the million people that came to Canada this year had the skills the country is looking for …
Feb 1
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January 2024
Weaponizing statistics
Someone asked me this week how the Democrats can say that President Trump presided over the worst economy in the U.S. since Herbert Hoover and how Trump…
Jan 14
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The power of ...just talking
BBC had an interesting podcast on the Bloomsbury Group this week. The Bloomsbury Group included Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and…
Jan 14
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Taxpayer versus ratepayer? Part XXI
Global News ran a long story today detailing the frustration of folks in Nova Scotia with the rise in their electricity bills. There is some of that in…
Jan 4
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