Archive for November, 2005

Entrepreneurs need real help, not lip service

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 Posted in Business, Economy | No Comments »

Everybody, it seems, wants to be his own boss. I know this because one of Canada’s big banks says so. And who better to trust on all matters entrepreneurial than ... Read more..

Want some applesauce with that pork?

Friday, November 25th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments »

This week’s $20-billion, pre-election giveaway is egregious, cynical, self-serving, politically motivated and, of course, exactly the kind of maneuver that jumpstarts dozing economies, such as ours. In a completely predictable move, ... Read more..

Why Stephen Harper can’t win

Thursday, November 24th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

He is the federal Tories’ least impressive speaker, and their most pedestrian policy wonk. Still, nobody – but nobody – spits against the political wind with greater gusto than Stephen ... Read more..

In the ‘battle of the boosters’, everybody wins

Friday, November 18th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »

I never fail to get a kick out the skirmishes that periodically erupt in the long-simmering war of words among New Brunswick’s major cities. They remind me of the more famous ... Read more..

In the ‘battle of the boosters’, everybody wins

Friday, November 18th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

I never fail to get a kick out the skirmishes that periodically erupt in the long-simmering war of words among New Brunswick’s major cities. They remind me of the more famous ... Read more..

Remembering the “father” of modern management

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005 Posted in Business | No Comments »

Everybody knows that the Japanese invented modern business management practices. But “everybody” is wrong. That singular honour goes to a slightly-built, soft-spoken academic who, during his 65-year career, was as comfortable ... Read more..

A river will once again run through it

Friday, November 11th, 2005 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

It’s been a long time coming, but after more than three years of extensive review, a panel of experts has emerged from its self-imposed huddle with four distinct options for ... Read more..

Illiteracy costs the economy billions

Friday, November 11th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

If the future of New Brunswick’s economy depends on increasing productivity, then what are we to make of Stats Can’s latest, gloomy missive on the state of adult literacy in ... Read more..

Productivity is what productivity does

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

In a political season marked by the melodrama of the Gomery Inquiry – which, for all its virtue, continues to dismantle the reputations of dozens of Canadian public figures – ... Read more..

Here’s to the Yogic Flyers of Maritime Union

Friday, November 4th, 2005 Posted in Atlantica, Humour | No Comments »

The birthplace of the “Global Country of World Peace” is a tiny, granite-strewn  archipelago just off the coast of Canso, Nova Scotia. George and Piscataqui Islands have little to recommend themselves, ... Read more..