Northern New Brunswick Needs a Plan
Opinion: We need a serious plan for population renewal and economic development in northern New Brunswick.
Opinion: We need a serious plan for population renewal and economic development in northern New Brunswick.
The government invests a pile of money into economic development and has limited ideas what works and what doesn’t.
In the latest episode of the “Insights” podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell answer questions from listeners and business leaders about the challenges and opportunities for economic development and growth in 2023.
Springboard Atlantic has been tapped to run the Atlantic Canadian part of the ElevateIP program. That means helping business accelerators and incubators in the region increase IP capacity within the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
Creating well-resourced, highly motivated, and results-oriented economic development agencies starts at the top.
Don Mills and David Campbell are in Cape Breton for a special edition of the “Insights” podcast this week. The Cape Breton Partnership is having its annual Investor Summit and the guys took the opportunity to chat with CEO Tyler Mattheis about the growth potential there.
David Campbell argues the Ignite CEO was “the kind of local economic developer that is on the endangered species list.”
Opinion: There seems to be this view among government and economic development folks that Adam Smith’s invisible hand is constantly at work delivering optimal economic outcomes. I’d like to see a little more “visible hand.”
Is there any room left in politics for cooperation and consensus-building? David Campbell argues there needs to be if New Brunswick ever wants to meet its economic development goals.