Sitemap - 2023 - It's the Economy, Stupid!

You want to curtail immigration? Who you going to cut first?

Have we reached peak economic impact analyses? On Swift-onomics

Sweden: Green leader? Environmental Disaster? Or both?

Should we blow up the housing sector?

Canada: Natural resources powerhouse or lightweight?

The great GDP wars - who won? who lost?

On energy, we have to walk and chew gum at the same time

Getting big things done

The grumpy entrepreneurs

Immigration: The leaky bucket

We lost a couple of greats this week

On the cost of addressing climate change, you are letting others shape the narrative

On Musk and economic development

Ho hum, another record year so far for population growth in NB....

We need more entrepreneurs

Stompin' at the Savoie

It's no longer about the jobs. Communities must be attractive.

Should we incentivize companies or people to move into your town?

2026 – New Brunswick’s 1984?

Herb Emery, the WEF and New Brunswick’s place in the world

Building permits by the numbers

Building the construction workforce

A little more wealth creation in Atlantic Canada would be a good thing

Northern NB needs a plan

The economic development revolution

McKenna miracle: The great undoing?

Who's your city? Contrasting US and CAN data

Culture and GDP in NB: 2021 data

Cheech and Chong's New Brunswick Road Trip

Two thumbs down for Frasier's OPED in the TJ. We need better insight from these think tanks.

Is Toronto OK with less immigration?

Is it time for a new think tank to support economic development and population growth efforts in New Brunswick?

A time for everything under the sun - including political cooperation

Brantville's economy 50 years later

Is anti-nuclear antediluvian?

Communicating government support for the VW EV battery plant: The ultimate example of subterfuge

Natural gas is giving me indigestion

We need a step change increase in construction trades workers

Should economic growth match your public spending ambition?

Industrial policy and economic development

The role for temporary foreign workers

Righting the ship: Civil servant edition

A review of inflation: Hitting inward migrants the hardest?

May you live in interesting times..., or not?

Gen Z, the meritocracy is alive and well

Return on taxpayer investment into economic development

The keys to immigrant retention

No need to get mopey, all the stuff that was great about this place remains

The French Connection: A Hrablukian challenge

Morneau is right. We need to have the conversation about productivity (but there is nuance)

Now you are 'not' cookin' with gas

Could mining be a growth sector in Atlantic Canada?