If you want another reason why individual provinces need more flexibility around who they can bring in as temporary foreign workers (or immigrants) take a look at this Calgary Herald letter to the editor penned by Alexis Conrad, director general, Temporary…
Continue ReadingIs equalization a disincentive to growth?
AIMS and Fraser think so. “Equalization makes it easier for political actors to turn their backs on national resource development even though it is a potential source of jobs, revenue and economic growth,” said Ben Eisen, director of research at…
Continue ReadingThe myth of corporate welfare in New Brunswick?
From a recent column in the Telegraph-Journal. Kevin Lacey, protector of the sacred taxpayer, recently intoned in a Telegraph-Journal commentary that instead of setting up a new model for economic development, the New Brunswick government should “chart a new path”…
Continue ReadingInspired by the NB Youth Orchestra
From a recent column in the Telegraph-Journal. If you want an aspirational vision for our future as a province look no further than the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra. I had the opportunity to watch the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra perform…
Continue ReadingTaking full advantage of our R&D assets
From a recent column in the Telegraph-Journal. Why is research and development spending in New Brunswick on the decline? Between 2001 and 2007 New Brunswick led the country among the 10 provinces in the growth of R&D spending (public and…
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