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Posted 14 April 2022 | Economic Development

Halifax Partnership Serves As A Model for Community Economic Development

CEO Wendy Luther joins Don Mills and David Campbell to discuss Halifax Partnership’s new five-year strategy, which focuses on three themes: People, Planet and Prosperity.

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Posted 7 April 2022 | Atlantic Premiers, Political Leaders, Public Sector

A New Type Of Premier For Newfoundland and Labrador

In this episode, Premier Andrew Furey provides a thoughtful overview of the demographic and fiscal challenges faced by Newfoundland and Labrador, the need to diversify the province’s economy, and the near term opportunities for the province’s oil industry

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Posted 31 March 2022 | Atlantic Premiers, Political Leaders, Public Sector

Tim Houston On Nova Scotia’s Plan To Reach A Population Of Two Million People

Premier Tim Houston of Nova Scotia wants to be remembered for setting the stage for growth when people look back on his government’s achievements decades from now. Population growth is a top priority along with improving access to healthcare, he tells Don

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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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