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Much More Than A Lottery: A Conversation With Atlantic Lottery CEO Patrick Daigle
When people think about the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) they usually focus on lottery tickets and big prizes, but its impact is much greater than that. It's an ...
Lisa Lalande Helps Us Imagine Canada With A Population Of 100 Million
The Century Initiative is a non-profit organization that is advocating an audacious long-term population strategy for Canada to achieve a goal of 100 million Canadians...
The Atlantic Investment Bubble
On this week’s podcast, entrepreneur Blair Hyslop, Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel and Jeff Larsen, head of the Creative Destruction Lab in Atlantic Canada, discuss a ...
Francis McGuire Taking ACOA In A New Direction
Francis McGuire has a very interesting background, having been both a Deputy Minister during the Frank McKenna era and the CEO that built Moncton-based Major Drilling ...
Gerry Pond: Code Father
This week's Insights podcast features a conversation with arguably the most influential IT leader in Atlantic Canada. The chairman and co-founder of Mariner Partners d...
Steve Murphy On The Most Significant Atlantic Canadian Premiers Of The Last 40 Years
In part two of their conversation with longtime CTV Atlantic broadcaster Steve Murphy, Don and David chat with Steve about his favourite interview in 45 years of broad...
CTV's Steve Murphy On 45 Years Of Covering Atlantic Canadian News And Business
In the first of a two-part interview, longtime CTV broadcaster Steve Murphy relinquishes his role as an interviewer and becomes the interviewee, as co-hosts Don Mills ...
BioVectra Is An Emerging Force In Pharmaceutical Manufacturing In Canada
BioVectra plans to build a facility on P.E.I that will eventually manufacture enough doses of mRNA vaccines to supply all of Canada. On the latest 'Insights' podcast, ...
New Saint John Economic Development Agency Has Aggressive Plans
Envision, the new economic development agency for the Great Saint John Region, has just released its five strategic plan that calls for growing the population by 25,00...
Donald Savoie On John Bragg - Blueberry Baron And 'Pac-Man' Of The Maritime Cable Industry
The author of several books on the Atlantic Canadian economy and its entrepreneurs joins David Campbell and Don Mills to talk about the latest in his series of books a...
How James Mullinger Makes Us Laugh And Be Proud Atlantic Canadians Too
If you haven’t heard of James Mullinger, it’s time to get acquainted. An immigrant from the UK who recently became a Canadian citizen, he is now a central figure in At...
35 Episodes Of Insights From Atlantic Canada's Business Leaders
35 podcasts. That's roughly 35 hours of conversations with business and thoughts leaders about Atlantic Canada's economic success stories and the challenges and opport...
Major Drilling Executives Say More Local Companies Should Consider Going Public
On the week's episode of the "Insights" podcast, Denis Larocque, President and CEO of Major Drilling and Andrew McLaughlin, the company’s VP of Legal Affairs and Gener...
Lee Bragg On The Challenges Of High-Speed Internet In Rural Atlantic Canada
This episode takes a close look at the challenges of fulfilling the promise of delivering high-speed internet to 100 percent of households in Atlantic Canada. News fla...
How To Improve The $4.3-Billion Atlantic Canadian Public Education System
In the latest episode of the "Insights" podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell discuss the quality of the education system in Atlantic Canada with Paul Bennett, one of ...
How To Keep Growing A $14-Billion Energy Industry In A Net Zero Economy
Addressing climate change is an important challenge facing the world today. However, many questions remain about how it can be accomplished. How long will it take? Who...
Why Oil And Gas Is Still An Important Sector In A Net-Zero Economy
Charlene Johnson of the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association (Noia) says don't give up on the oil and gas sector just yet. On the podcast this we...
Melanie Nadeau On The Rise Of The Blue Economy
The ocean sector in Canada is large and growing, currently representing $30-billion in GDP and employing more than 300,000 Canadians. This week, Don Mills and David Ca...
Rory Francis Talks About How Bioscience Will Become A Billion-Dollar Sector In P.E.I.
What started 15 years ago as an idea to build a new industry around a few key assets has grown into an impressive biosciences cluster with 60 firms, 2,200 employees, a...
Brian Lee Crowley On Economic Growth Potential And The 'Covid Misery Index'
Brian Lee Crowley is the managing director and founder of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He's also the founder and former president of the Atlantic Institute for Mar...
David Dingwall On Universities As Engines Of Growth In Atlantic Canada
On this week's Huddle "Insights" podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell chat with David Dingwall, President and Vice-Chancellor of Cape Breton University, about the rol...
Why Many Small Atlantic Canadian Businesses Are Still Struggling To survive
Louis-Philippe Gauthier, Senior Director, Legislative Affairs, Atlantic for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) joins hosts Don Mill and David Campb...
Niels Veldhuis On Making Atlantic Canada The Country's Most Prosperous Region
Atlantic Canada is a "have not" region but Niels Veldhuis of the Fraser Institute says it doesn't have to be that way. The president of the public policy research inst...
Is ‘Shocking’ N.S. Election Result A Warning Sign For The Liberals In Ottawa?
In this episode of the Insights podcast, we have a lively panel discussion about the current federal election and the opportunities that it holds for economic developm...
David Chaundy On Atlantic Canada's Looming Challenges & Risks Post-Covid
David Chaundy, President and CEO of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council joins us this week on the Insights podcast to talk about the challenges and opportunities f...
Do We Have A Culture Of Dependence In Atlantic Canada?
In the fall, Alberta will hold a referendum on Canada’s Equalization system. The Alberta government wants leverage to force the federal government to negotiate a new f...
Why Frank McKenna Wishes He Were Governing Today
Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair of TD Bank, joins Don and David on Insights this week to discuss economic development today compared to 25-30 years ago when he was Premier...
Moncton's "Secret Sauce" For Success
On this week's episode of the Insights podcast, David Campbell chats with City of Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold and City Manager Marc Landry. This is the third in their se...
Why Overlooked Charlottetown Is A Model Of Success For The Rest Of Atlantic Canada
Charlottetown is the fastest growing city in Atlantic Canada, having grown by nearly 10% since the last census. This growth has not been an accident and is based on go...