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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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The risk of atrophy and the importance of having a little ambition

Posted on October 27, 2020 by David Campbell

I love the relatively new tool set up by the New Brunswick provincial government to help young people navigate career choices.  It covers wages, skills required, etc. and has lots of nifty infographics. The one thing that bugs me is…

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Ensuring we don’t lose 20 years of air transportation advances

Posted on October 15, 2020 by David Campbell

Just about everyone is apoplectic about what is happening with our airport sector in the province (and region).  We have to differentiate between a short term – Covid-19-driven response and the longer term impacts.  People are speculating that airports will…

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The rational optimist: Thanksgiving edition

Posted on October 12, 2020 by David Campbell

I went to university in the States in the mid-to latter 1980s.  Before that I had almost no exposure to politics. I have to say looking back it was a politically tumultuous time.  As one example, President Reagan just fired…

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Can babies help solve our short-term workforce needs? An argument for pro-natalist policies.

Posted on October 6, 2020 by David Campbell

When asked in the past why don’t we encourage more births as a way to rebalance our demographic situation my standard answer was that we don’t have enough time.  The wave of Boomer retirements is well underway in New Brunswick…

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What is the role of the unemployment rate? Part 1 of a series on EI reform

Posted on October 1, 2020 by David Campbell

What is the purpose of the unemployment rate? According to Statistics Canada the unemployment rate is the “number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force” which isn’t particularly helpful.  The agency defines unemployment as follows: “Unemployed…

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Don’t let Covid-19 derail New Brunswick’s progress

Posted on September 29, 2020 by David Campbell

Keep your eye on the ball. Keep your stick on the ice. Keep your head up. We can’t led Covid-19 derail New Brunswick’s progress. The new population figures from Statistics Canada are out.  These are provincial figures and are based…

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Is NB running a $75 million economic development spending deficit?

Posted on September 20, 2020 by David Campbell

I have received a little bit of negative feedback on my post recently that suggested New Brunswick is spending $75 million less today on economic development  than it was 20 years ago as a share of total provincial government spending. …

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