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Posted 24 March 2022 | Atlantic Premiers, Political Leaders, Public Sector

Premier Blaine Higgs On Why N.B. Will Emerge Stronger From The Pandemic

This is the second of our exclusive Insights interviews with Atlantic Canada’s premiers. New Brunswick weathered the pandemic better than most jurisdictions in the areas of public health, economic growth, population growth and government finances. Premier

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Posted 17 March 2022 | Atlantic Premiers, Political Leaders, Public Sector

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King Is A Refreshingly Different Kind Of Politician

In this episode, Don Mills and David Campbell start a series of conversations with the Premiers of Atlantic Canada, beginning with Dennis King of P.E.I. King is an unconventional political leader in these highly partisan times. He is a collaborator – a fr

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Posted 10 March 2022 | Airports, Transportation

Bernard LeBlanc On Why The Moncton Airport Is An Important Economic Driver

Don Mills and David Campbell chat with Bernard Leblanc, the CEO of the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, about the impact of the pandemic and the efforts underway to rebuild its routes and increase cargo traffic. They also discuss how i

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Posted 3 March 2022 | Agriculture, Natural Resources, Thought Leaders

Why The ‘Food Professor’ Says Agriculture Should Be A Bigger Economic Driver

In this episode, Don Mills and David Campbell take a closer look at the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy both across Canada and in Atlantic Canada with a wide-ranging conversation with Sylvain Charlebois – one of Canada’s top food expe

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Posted 24 February 2022 | Accelerators, Incubators

The Atlantic Canadian Farm For Baby Unicorns

Kathryn Lockhart, the CEO of the startup accelerator Propel, says start-up incubators and accelerators are playing a vital role in nurturing the tech sector across Atlantic Canada, supporting, in some way, around 90 per cent of all recent successful tech

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Posted 17 February 2022 | National, Population, Thought Leaders

Values, Not Demography, Are Destiny: A Conversation With Michael Adams

This episode features a fascinating interview with one of Canada’s most distinguished market researchers, Michael Adams, the Chairman and Co-Founder of Environics Research. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael provides listeners with a data-based an

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Posted 10 February 2022 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs

John Risley Unplugged

David Campbell and Don Mills continue their series profiling the region’s top entrepreneurs with one of Atlantic Canada’s most successful business leaders, Clearwater Seafoods co-founder John Risley, someone who has been part of building three different c

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Posted 3 February 2022 | Business Leaders

Much More Than A Lottery: A Conversation With Atlantic Lottery CEO Patrick Daigle

When people think about the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) they usually focus on lottery tickets and big prizes, but its impact is much greater than that. It’s an important contributor to the economy through its role as an employer and the indirect jo

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Posted 27 January 2022 | National, Population, Thought Leaders

Lisa Lalande Helps Us Imagine Canada With A Population Of 100 Million

The Century Initiative is a non-profit organization that is advocating an audacious long-term population strategy for Canada to achieve a goal of 100 million Canadians by the end of this century. In conversation with co-host Don Mill, CEO Lisa Lalande out

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Posted 20 January 2022 | Investment Capital

The Atlantic Investment Bubble

On this week’s podcast, entrepreneur Blair Hyslop, Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel and Jeff Larsen, head of the Creative Destruction Lab in Atlantic Canada, discuss a new proposal for a new regional equity tax credit to help grow investments in the region

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