It is easy to write lofty words about the systemic problems within the current health care system, but not so easy to come up with pragmatic solutions. One of the problems in discussing and implementing reform is that we tend to get caught up in the weeds. When and if that happens, we start spinning […]
Health Care System Improvements Are Essential
At no time have the challenges for health care been so striking. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens sees this as a time when New Brunswick must face these pressing problems. Health and Long Term Care constitutes nearly 40% of the province’s annual budget, or $3.6 billion dollars. The high and rising cost of this complex […]
Economic Development Has Changed
About a year ago, The Brookings Institute released a report that provided clear advice to the economic development agencies of America. They warned that the US local and state economic development system must “train its sights on talent development and deployment rather than its current overwhelming focus of business attraction and marketing.” Canadian industry had […]
Education Newsletter-November 2020
OVERALL OBJECTIVE—TO COLLOBARATE OUR EFFORTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS TO IMPROVE THE PROVINCE’S FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL NEW BRUNSWICKERS WHO WE ARE – We are a group of altruistic New Brunswickers who have formed a think tank made up of community and business leaders who believe there is […]
Internal Report On University Education In New Brunswick
According to the 2016 Canadian census, 19% of Canadians are university educated.[1] The Maritime Province’s Higher Education Commission’s June 2019 report on university graduates’ employment profiles indicates that this 19% of the Canadian population stands to earn 25% more than the general population in annual full-time earnings.[2] As well as this increase in potential earnings, […]