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Stephen Maher on his new book “The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau”
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Posted 26 September 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Stephen Maher on his new book “The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau”

https://media.transistor.fm/0c90fccd/a49ed8be.mp3 On this episode of the Insights Podcast, we talk with veteran political reporter Stephen Maher, who has just written a book called “The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau”. The book was well researched and provides a balanced look at...

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CEO of Organigram talks going global from Moncton New Brunswick
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Posted 19 September 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

CEO of Organigram talks going global from Moncton New Brunswick

https://media.transistor.fm/f6f65428/0697b1e2.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Beena Goldenberg, CEO of the cannabis product manufacturing firm OrganiGram.  The third largest company in Canada by market share, OrganiGram has annual revenues of $160 million and...

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Irving Shipbuilding is a Big Deal in Atlantic Canada
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Posted 13 September 2024 | Business Leaders

Irving Shipbuilding is a Big Deal in Atlantic Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/c7263dfd/c8d608fc.mp3 In this episode of the Insights Podcast, we focus on Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy and the impact of that strategy on Atlantic Canada. Building ships for the navy is a complex and complicated endeavour and there is probably no...

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Atlantic Canada Attracting Interest from Capital Investors
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Posted 5 September 2024 | Business Leaders

Atlantic Canada Attracting Interest from Capital Investors

https://media.transistor.fm/95277586/6b259c79.mp3 This episode of the Insights Podcast features a very interesting conversation with Mike Fenton, the CEO of ACG Toronto (Association for Corporate Growth), an organization that brings deal makers together to help them achieve their business and...

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Invest Nova Scotia Plan to Help Businesses Grow
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Posted 29 August 2024 | Business Leaders

Invest Nova Scotia Plan to Help Businesses Grow

https://media.transistor.fm/1554da7b/3d632c1f.mp3 Our latest Insights Podcast features a conversation with Peter MacAskill, the CEO of Invest Nova Scotia. Invest Nova Scotia is the new provincial agency that emerged from the merger of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc. Our conversation...

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Life outside of McCain Foods with Scott McCain-Part II
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Posted 22 August 2024 | Business Leaders

Life outside of McCain Foods with Scott McCain-Part II

https://media.transistor.fm/80fc1ad5/ea2d13ab.mp3 In Part II of our Insights Podcast with Scott McCain, the Chair of the Board of McCain Foods, we focus on his own businesses including his ownership of the Saint John Sea Dogs, a twenty-year labour of love, and his involvement in Seafort Capital...

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How Big is McCain Foods?  A conversation with Scott McCain
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Posted 15 August 2024 | Business Leaders

How Big is McCain Foods? A conversation with Scott McCain

https://media.transistor.fm/4bc0d1ee/7747878c.mp3 Our guest this week on the Insights Podcast is the affable Scott McCain, the Chair of the Board of McCain Foods, the largest potato processing company in the world. This is first part of a two-part podcast which focuses on the McCain story, how...

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Ryan Albright, Founder and CEO of Covered Bridge Potato Chips…building the next McCain foods?
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Posted 9 August 2024 | Business Leaders

Ryan Albright, Founder and CEO of Covered Bridge Potato Chips…building the next McCain foods?

https://media.transistor.fm/abed10c2/133fbccc.mp3 On the Insights podcast this week, Don and David talk with Ryan Albright, Founder and CEO of the Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company.  After a tragic fire in March 2024, the company is rebuilding bigger and better.  In Hartland, New Brunswick,...

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Fred Bergman, Senior Policy Analyst at the Atlantic Economic Council on the economic impact of indigenous business
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Posted 1 August 2024 | Think Tanks

Fred Bergman, Senior Policy Analyst at the Atlantic Economic Council on the economic impact of indigenous business

https://media.transistor.fm/4f07a5c8/3dc20555.mp3 Fred Bergman, Senior Policy Analyst at the Atlantic Economic Council joins us today on the Insights podcast to talk about an important new report written by the organization.   The report provides an assessment of the economic impacts of...

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Travis McDonough on making it big in tech supporting MLB, NBA, NHL among others from Atlantic Canada
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Posted 25 July 2024 | Biosciences

Travis McDonough on making it big in tech supporting MLB, NBA, NHL among others from Atlantic Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/a6cc7019/69b3c79b.mp3 Travis McDonough may not be widely known in Atlantic Canada but he is very well known by the MLB, NBA, CFL, MLS, NHL and NFL and many of their leading star players. Travis and his partners developed Halifax-based Kinduct, a tech application that...

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