Friday, February 10, 2012

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Regional Co-operation

Building Atlantica 2.0

Moving beyond exports to a regional knowledge economy can benefit people on both sides of the border

The new face of Atlantic Canada

“We are not your grandmother’s Atlantic Canada anymore,” said Frank McKenna during his keynote address at this year’s Atlantic Business Summit. “The Atlantic Canada of today is not the same place of ten years ago or twenty years ago.

Adjusting to affluence

Is Newfoundland and Labrador ready for the full impact of sustained prosperity?

My Atlantic Canada includes Toronto

Brain drain is so last year. Let’s start talking about brain circulation—an open flow of resources, talent, and creativity.

Atlantic Canada's big, fat energy inventory

An impressive roster of megaprojects means billions of dollars of investment could flow into the region. Can the labour market keep pace?

The art of the possible

A group of private and public operators with a stake in Sydney’s harbour have mobilized around a comprehensive master plan for the port’s future development. Can they turn it into reality?

Let the games begin

Prince Edward Island is reinventing itself as a hotbed of video game design.

Selling the Atlantic Gateway

Frank McKenna urges cooperation around a single port authority, an initiative that will better enable the region to take advantage of emerging trends in shipping.

Room of one’s own

The route by which financier Dick Lemon came to find his island of creativity was so unlikely that even Lemon himself suspected divine intervention.

The French connection

The islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon offer Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs a stepping stone to the EU, and for discerning travellers, an authentic taste of France.