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Monete Pasher on the Transformation of Canada's Airports
The decision by the Chretien Government in the 1990s to transfer the operation of Canada's national airport system to local airport authorities was likely one of the m...
Seamus O'Regan on how Hydrogen Can Save Us
Seamus O'Regan is a senior cabinet minister in the Trudeau Government, where he sits as the Minister of Labour.Previously, as the Minister of Natural Resources, O'Rega...
Duncan Williams on the Troubling Numbers Behind Nova Scotia's Housing Shortage
Housing is a problem not only in Atlantic Canada but across the country. Unprecedented population growth has put significant pressures on the supply of housing, leadin...
How to Start an Atlantic Canadian Entrepreneurship Revolution
UNB professor Dr. Dhirendra Shukla is on a mission. He wants to help transform the Atlantic Canadian economy through an entrepreneurship revolution. The Scale Up Atlan...
Michelin is an Economic Powerhouse in Nova Scotia
While everyone has likely heard of Michelin, very few understand how important the company is to the economy in Nova Scotia.Recently, the tire maker celebrated its 50t...
Karen Ogen on Embracing Natural Gas as a First Nation
Across Canada, First Nations have been developing partnerships related to natural resources development, ensuring good stewardship and substantial economic benefits to...
Building a Global Seaweed Empire from Halifax, Nova Scotia
In what David Campbell calls one of his favourite conversations this year, he and Don Mills speak with Jean-Paul Deveau, the president and CEO of Acadian Seaplants Li...
Pat Whalen On Luminultra's Global Reach
On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David talk with Pat Whalen, the chairman and CEO of Luminultra Technologies Ltd., a New Brunswick company specializing in biol...
From Bubble To Boom: Is Atlantic Canada Still A 'Have-Not' Region?
Ed Greenspon, the president and CEO of the Public Policy Forum (PPF), and former P.E.I. premier Wade MacLauchlan join Don and David to talk about the PPF’s Atlantic Ca...
Andrea Feunekes' N.B. Company Has Helped Drive Global Innovation For 30 Years
This week on Insights, Don and David have a conversation with Andrea Feunekes, the president, CEO and co-founder of Remsoft Inc., a global software company based in Fr...
How Joyce Carter Plans To Save Air Travel In The Maritimes
After the federal government privatized national airports in the 1990s, most underwent massive modernization. There is no better example than the Halifax Stanfield Int...
Brandon Searle and the Often-Ignored Solution to the Maritimes' Housing Crisis
Is modular housing really the answer to New Brunswick's housing crisis?The stereotypical images of flimsy buildings and low-quality mini-homes don't reflect today's re...
Andrew Oland on Moosehead's 'Export or Die' Strategy
Moosehead Breweries is a New Brunswick icon. The company has been in business for more than 150 years and is described as “the last major brewery in Canada still owned...
Podcast: Rhiannon Davies on Why Women-Led Companies are a Better Investment
Only 2.8 percent of the world's venture capital is given to women entrepreneurs, yet women-led startups outperform their male counterparts.Sandpiper Ventures is a wome...
Ed Moriarity on Why Newfoundland and Labrador is a Mining Powerhouse
On the latest Insights Podcast, we continue to spotlight mining and its importance to Canada's climate goals. This week, Don and David sit down for a fascinating conve...
Northern New Brunswick's Titan of Forestry: Jean-Claude Savoie
Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick-based Groupe Savoie is a thriving forest products business with sawmills, pallet production facilities, a pellet manufacturing plant, and ...
How Jacques Dube Really Feels About Your Tax Bill
Last year, every urban centre in the Maritimes witnessed population growth. Moncton and Halifax, in particular, had the fastest-growing populations among Canada's 35 l...
The Entrepreneur Fighting To Dismantle P.E.I.'s Development Roadblocks
Tim Banks may not be well-known beyond Prince Edward Island, but he is among Atlantic Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs. His business, APM MacLean, is involved wi...
Colin MacDonald: The Unheralded Co-Founder Of Clearwater Foods
It's hard to think of Clearwater Foods without conjuring to mind John Risley. But while Risley was the public face of the company, his former brother-in-law, Colin Mac...
A Most Consequential Premier
Don Mills considers Stephen McNeil to be Nova Scotia's most consequential premier in the last half-century. Find out more about this important Nova Scotian and his leg...