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Recommendation to the Premier: Employ the quid pro quo approach

Posted on November 20, 2020 by David Campbell

One of my economics professors in University was particularly lavish in his use of Latin phrases.  I mean they all use some standard phrases – ceteris paribus, a priori, etc. but this guy seemed to be speaking another language. Almost…

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Everybody deserves a mayor (whether they know it or not)

Posted on November 15, 2020 by David Campbell

I have a theory about cities, towns and villages and their mayors.  In my experience, if a mayor is in more than one term the city, town or village starts to look and feel like the mayor.  If the mayor…

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Growing exports: A possibly contrarian view

Posted on November 10, 2020 by David Campbell

I’m going to revisit a topic I look at least once or twice a year:  Fostering exports as an economic development goal. I would say that the majority of economic development folks in Atlantic Canada mostly agree with my main…

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Hey Moncton! Toronto called. They want their immigrants back.

Posted on November 2, 2020 by David Campbell

If you think about it much, it was only a matter of time. Most immigrants in Canada until recently settled in Toronto and the biggest urban centres.  Places like Moncton or Charlottetown or Estevan, Saskatchewan relied mostly on natural population…

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