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Posted 6 May 2021 | Economic Development

Stephen Lund On Improving Atlantic Canada’s Economic Development Performance

The economy in Atlantic Canada has underperformed the rest of the country despite all the federal, provincial and municipal economic development efforts. In the first in a three-part series of conversation about improving economic development performan

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Posted 29 April 2021 | Immigration

Jennifer Watts On Nova Scotia’s One-Stop For Immigrant Settlement

On the Insights podcast for the past couple of weeks, Don Mills and David Campbell have been talking about the importance of growing the population of Atlantic Canada. In this episode, Don chats with Jennifer Watts, CEO of the Immigrant Services Associati

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Posted 22 April 2021 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs

Jim Irving On Why We Need Immigration To Grow The Economy

In this week’s episode, David Campbell and Don Mills sit down with Co-CEO Jim Irving to talk about the company’s immigration attraction activities and to get his insight into how we can better attract and retain newcomers to Atlantic Canada.

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Posted 15 April 2021 | Population, Thought Leaders

The Case For Population Growth In Atlantic Canada

In this episode, Don Mills and David Campbell make the case for population growth across Atlantic Canada. There are over 300,000 people expected to retire in the next decade and not nearly enough young people to take their place in the workforce.

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Posted 8 April 2021 | Economic Development, Thought Leaders

Nurturing The ‘Green Shoots’ Of The Atlantic Canadian Economy

David Campbell was in his 20s helping Frank McKenna pitch companies on setting up in New Brunswick. Don Mills was an MBA student in Halifax already incubating the market research company he would run for 40 years. In episode one of “Insights”, the show ho

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Posted 31 March 2021 | Thought Leaders/Economic Development

Introducing: Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell

A Nova Scotia social scientist and a New Brunswick economist are teaming up to host a podcast that explores the challenges and opportunities facing Atlantic Canada. Mills and Campbell, two of the region’s leading researchers and analysts, join Huddle edit

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