This is interesting. The 100 mile diet – eating only food grown within a 100 mile radius of home – as a way to help save the planet. The proponents of this diet cite a study in Iowa found that…
Continue ReadingComparison junkie
For those of you that like comparing Canada to other countries, fill your boots. There are literally hundreds of comparative statistics for the world’s countries. A sampling: Canada’s military expenditures as a % of GDP: 1.1% – 57% in the…
Continue ReadingSame ol’ same ol’
I had a conversation a few years ago with a friend who is a strong Conservative. He was ‘disgusted’ after reading a report that showed Liberal Cabinet Ministers’ ridings were the recipients of considerably more ACOA funding than Conservative ones.…
Continue ReadingThe Bridge on the River Croix
One of my favourite movies of all time is The Bridge on the River Kwai. Every year or so I dust it off and try to see it again from a slightly different angle. However, I just can’t figure out…
Continue ReadingToronto – taking a page from Atl. Canada?
For several years now, a number of folks including me have been pushing to position Atlantic Canada as a ‘nearshore’ alterative to U.S. companies offshoring IT and back office services to India. The cost structure here is much higher than…
Continue ReadingYou know you have a PM from Alberta when….
Here’s a quote from a press release issued today by Industry Canada: “Canada’s New Government is charting a new direction, one that links the competitive energy of Canada’s entrepreneurs to the creative genius of our scientists,” the Prime Minister said.…
Continue ReadingIt’s friggin’ tough to be an entrepreneur
One of the reasons why I push for more large, global companies to be attracted to the Maritimes is that precious few of our local firms ever grow into large and exporting firms. A few do – ballyhoo – but…
Continue ReadingAn economic development plan for Newfoundland
Now before you criticize me remember that free advice is cheap. A recent study found that 80% of data centres in the US are going to expand. Another study I saw estimated at least 100 new large scale data centres…
Continue ReadingFarming in New Brunswick
The farm Census was released yesterday. New Brunswick’s 8.5% drop in the number of farms from 2001 to 2006 was the third worst decline among the provinces in Canada. I don’t have time to dig deeper to assess the health…
Continue ReadingT&T stays the course
You can always count on the Times & Transcript to take a one-sided and not-thought-out position on just about every issue. I guess that is the papers’ right but it doesn’t do much for the residents of this region. Take…
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