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Ho hum, another record year so far for population growth in NB....
Quarterly population estimates were published by Stats Can yesterday. The pop growth numbers in Atlantic Canada - particularly the Maritimes - still…
Sep 28
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We need more entrepreneurs
My Brunswick News column tomorrow will be on entrepreneurship in New Brunswick. I don’t want to fully let the cat out of the bag but the data suggests…
Sep 22
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Stompin' at the Savoie
I’m a big fan of 1920s-1930s music and spent hours listening to it on the way home from Ontario on Friday and Saturday. Hence the title for this post…
Sep 17
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David Campbell
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It's no longer about the jobs. Communities must be attractive.
My two brothers and I used to go on ‘adventures’. With the acquiescence of our wives, we would take a week each year and go to some out of the way…
Sep 12
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Should we incentivize companies or people to move into your town?
Driving around Pennsylvania we saw many new large-scale warehouses and manufacturing facilities being constructed even as just about every company was…
Sep 3
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August 2023
2026 – New Brunswick’s 1984?
In 2006, Shawn Graham’s government released its self-sufficiency agenda. It was a 20 year plan meant to transform the province. By 2026, there would be…
Aug 27
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Herb Emery, the WEF and New Brunswick’s place in the world
It is kind of fun watching politicians such as Pierre Poilievre rail against the World Economic Forum. I kind of like Pierre but the fact the WEF is…
Aug 17
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David Campbell
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Building permits by the numbers
Building permit data is an important indicator of development in a jurisdiction. It is not the only stat that matters but it can tell us quite a bit…
Aug 15
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David Campbell
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Building the construction workforce
My column on Saturday made the case for a substantial increase in the size of the trades workforce in NB. I feel like Captain Obvious discussing this …
Aug 14
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A little more wealth creation in Atlantic Canada would be a good thing
A few weeks ago I posted a chart shown the spread in average household income in the ‘poorest’ Census Tract in the Moncton CMA to the ‘richest’ and…
Aug 9
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July 2023
Northern NB needs a plan
My Brunswick News column this week made the case that we need a serious plan for population renewal and economic development in northern New Brunswick…
Jul 23
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The economic development revolution
I have to present a proposed econmic development plan to a smallish Ontario municipality in a couple of weeks. I was developing the Powerpoint deck…
Jul 21
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