About Jupia Consultants
December 9th, 2008
Yes, I have a day job. I work with companies, governments, economic development agencies and other organizations on a variety of issues. While I am involved mostly in economic development research and planning, I have a variety of private sector clients for which I conduct demographic and economic analysis, industry profiling, etc. If you need a consultant in these areas email me david@jupia.ca.
Hi,
stumbled upon your blog/website when I googled Fredericton economy.
I am a Winnipegger, born and bred who wants to move to New Brunswick. lived a year and a half in Boston in 1995/1996 and have the idea that NB is Canada’s New England.
Am I insane to leave Winnipeg for NB? wpg has had an unjustified housing boom (my opinion) in the last three years relative to wages.
I work for minimum wage here in the catering/restaurant industry so why no go where there is less traffic and good home prices. I am a 42 year old single mom with two sons 12 and 15. anyways, it is rare for people to move from the West to the Maritimes unless they are in the military. but why? low population has some advantages…
thank you in advance if anyone has read this.
enjoyed the blog entries.
Michelle Deschenes
winnipeg, mb
firehorse66@shaw.ca
@michelle deschenes
Welcome to the Maritimes, Michelle. I hope you feel, 30 years from now, that you made the right decision. It takes work to fit in here — Maritimers are friendly but not necessary welcoming at first — but the effort is worthwhile and should pay dividends for your sons as well.
Best of luck!
I agree that the North is to populous to ignore but I do not expect much change from the status quo or the long decay. Consider that the new fisheries office that was to be built in Dalhousie ended up in Charlo. The sawmill in Belledune does not employ one person from belledune or that the planning commission for Belledune is actually in Petit Rocher. The whole area suffers from micro regionalism based on geography, language and politics. The lack of co-operation makes the area easy pickings for the rest of the country.
I am commenting in relation to our new political party (People’s Alliance of New Brunswick). We are looking for ideas and input as it pertains to fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets within government. If you have an idea or policy that could better direct our province in economic terms please let us know by going to our website (www.panb.org) and contacting us. Your input can help shape our future.
@michelle deschenes
My husband and are from Brandon, MB. We were in our early 30s when we moved to Ottawa in 1990 and then we moved to Fredericton in 2005. You cannot live in NB without a good education AND good, conversational French. If you don’t have either, welcome to the lowest minimum wage in Canada, poor healthcare (unless you have connections, like I did), and a province with a poor track record on women’s and minority issues. Also, you will not be able to afford a decent house on Minimum wage unless you move out to the country. These are facts. And it will get worse in the next few years because we have been unable to balance the provincial budget and tax base is shrinking as the population ages. Have you thought about Saskatoon or North Battleford?
Dear Mr. Campbell:
Just wanted to make sure you had a copy of our platform, which is designed to put forward our vision for the future of New Brunswick and provide a road map to get there. I couldn’t find an e-mail address for you, but you can download it from http://www.greenpartynb.ca/en/elections2010/election-platform