Archive for January, 2007

Crazy like a fox: Is Francis McGuire right or wrong?

Friday, January 26th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 7 Comments »

For a man who has yet to reveal the full measure of his thinking on the future of the provincial economy, Francis McGuire is doing a spectacular job of persuading ... Read more..

A tale of three cities

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 8 Comments »

In a ludicrous example of small-town agitprop, a recent editorial in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal neatly illustrates why urban New Brunswick still remains, for so many, a myth buried in ... Read more..

Magical thinking on economic development

Friday, January 19th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 4 Comments »

Francis McGuire, the no-nonsense chief executive of Moncton-based Major Drilling International, is one of fastest guns in the East. But when he claims that New Brunswick’s competitive position hinges on ... Read more..

That old accountability two-step

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments »

The bizarrely awkward fox-trot of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his new best friend, Wajid Khan, would be hilarious if it wasn’t so morbidly familiar. Last summer, the Liberal MP from ... Read more..

Culture and business: strange bedfellows?

Friday, January 12th, 2007 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

Culture, that mix of creative pursuits that hums along beneath the surface of the national economy, rarely merits the attention of pundits stubbornly determined to locate commercial success solely in ... Read more..

Our very own inconvenient truth

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Last Sunday afternoon, I queued up a copy of Al Gore’s 2006 documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth”, and settled into what turned out to be the most depressing two hours of ... Read more..

Border busting starts at home

Monday, January 8th, 2007 Posted in Atlantica | No Comments »

The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council is, among other things, an organization of genial, pragmatic fogies. Amid the rhetoric that so often passes for informed opinion in this neck of the ... Read more..

Should money also buy happiness?

Friday, January 5th, 2007 Posted in Economy | 5 Comments »

Albert Camus, the 20th Century writer and philosopher, once quipped: “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if ... Read more..

It’s the environment, stupid!

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Of all the preoccupations suited to provoke the passions of the Canadian electorate in 2007, none is more perfectly tailored than the environment. Others rise and fall in direct proportion to ... Read more..