Published in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, March 28, the Red Deer Advocate, April 1, and the Brandon Sun, April 21, 2008. By Bruce Graham President and CEO Calgary Economic Development If you don’t think creativity and innovation have a place in business and in economic development, think again. The Conference Board of Canada’s recent report, How Canada Performs, compared [...]
WINNIPEG, MB, June 21, 2006/ — Manitoba is becoming recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in developing clean energy sources including ethanol, biodiesel, wind power and geothermal, but the province is best known for hydropower. Virtually all the province’s electricity is generated by hydropower, with 5,000 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity.
CALGARY, June 19, 2006 /Troy Media/ — Calgary should leverage its reputation as the energy capital of Canada to become a much larger capital centre, according to a report from Calgary Economic Development (CED) released today. But, until then, the report, Financing Our Future, states, Calgary still lags behind Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa in its [...]
CALGARY, AB, June 15, 2006/ — When it comes to getting infrastructure onto the ground, Canada’s cities have generally followed a pretty standard approach: the up-front capital is secured on a “pay-as-you-go” basis, the funding of that financing is generally through taxation (either own-source taxes or those shared via federal and provincial capital grants), and delivery is through the public sector.
By Joe Berridge Partner Urban Strategies Inc. Cities are the crucible of the 21st century economy, their streets the clear evidence of community cohesion or conflict. Nations and provinces may be important political containers, but they are not where your future is being decided, which is on the corner outside your urban window. That’s the [...]
Editor’s note: The following interview, with Garry Hastings, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Energy Development Initiative for Manitoba Energy, Science and Technology, was originally published in Dialogues, a Canada West Foundation publication.
By Enid Slack Director Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance The Munk Centre for International Studies University of Toronto We are often tempted to look to other cities around the world for ideas about how to finance and govern our own cities. Each city is unique, however, in terms of its history and culture, its [...]
CALGARY, AB, June 15, 2009/ — After two decades of economic misery, the good life has returned to Saskatchewan. Whether it’s energy, mining, or agriculture, things have never looked better.
By Bruce Graham President and CEO Calgary Economic Development It probably won’t surprise you to learn that Calgary’s economy is thriving. But it may surprise you to learn how easy it is for businesses in the rest of Canada to turn this growth into an opportunity. Alberta’s energy sector is forecasting over $123B in investment [...]
WINNIPEG, MB, June 4, 2006/ – The environmental issue lends itself to all extremes of causes and opinions. The “deep ecologists” want to see humanity evolve away from modernity back to – or forward to, in their minds – some kind of mythical Garden of Eden, which probably never existed. A few “stick in the muds” deny there are any environmental problems at all.