Archive for October, 2005

Is Canadian leadership asleep at the switch?

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Environment | No Comments »

With stern indictments of Canada’s record on the economy and the environment, two of the country’s eminent think tanks delivered powerful body blows last week to our already bruised and ... Read more..

A how-to for would-be entrepreneurs

Friday, October 21st, 2005 Posted in Business, Humour | No Comments »

Dear Future Entrepreneur: Hey, it’s Small Business Week in Canada. Holy cow! Has it already been a year since our friends in Big Government and Big Finance honoured the little men ... Read more..

Elizabeth Weir’s journey from advocate to bureaucrat

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Politics do, indeed, make strange bedfellows. The appointment last week of New Brunswick’s Iron Lady of the Left, Elizabeth Weir, to a high profile position in the Lord government has Tory ... Read more..

Is anger the next, big workplace trend?

Friday, October 14th, 2005 Posted in Society | No Comments »

In my more than 20 years in a profession whose workplaces seem disproportionately populated by malingerers, liars, bullies and other assorted buffoons, I can confidently state that I have lost ... Read more..

One of a Kind

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

Donal O’Brien is as humble as a man of his extraordinary achievement and impeccable pedigree can possibly be. During his long, eventful career, the 71-year-old lawyer-cum-conservationist has been: Commissioner of ... Read more..

Is repatriation the new immigration?

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »

In his best-selling tome, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, scholar Arthur Herman lovingly chronicles one the great diasporas of talent, ingenuity and culture in western history. “The Scots, by ... Read more..

Moncton is still tops in my book

Friday, October 7th, 2005 Posted in Business | 2 Comments »

Last year, Greater Moncton topped the list of the best cities for business in Canada. But, oh, how the mighty have fallen. This year, in its annual survey of urban dynamos, ... Read more..

The making of a Prime Minister?

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

It’s not clear whether Frank McKenna actually read the official protocol for Canadian ambassadors to the United States before assuming the post last April, but if he did, he evidently ... Read more..