This is kind of interesting. According to a major study released last year that analyzed the results of more than 100 global surveys on well-being, the Dutch led the world in well-being and life satisfaction. Canada squeaked into the top…

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Sigh

Read this and then my comments below: News Release – New Brunswick Business Council (Fredericton, June 19, 2007) New Brunswick can’t count on reaching self-sufficiency by attracting business from elsewhere, says the New Brunswick Business Council. In a statement released…

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Tee hee hee

Just read this in the TJ: Atlantic discordNew Brunswick will pocket $1.1 billion less in equalization from the federal government by 2020 under changes made by the Harper Conservative government, says a study by the non-partisan Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.…

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Narrowing a definition

“Economic development” is back in fashion. I remember when I started in the economic development biz 15 years ago or so the term “economic development” was not widely recognized. The provinical government had just changed the name of its department…

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