And do what specifically?
A quote from today's Telegraph Journal: "Most of us hope that when we get to the more senior levels, we can transfer back east."
~ Stephanie Brunets (a 28 year old Bathurst, New Brunswick native working in Ottawa as a bureaucrat) speaking about her 20-30 friends from Bathurst and Mount Allison University who currently work in the nation's capital. (as bureaucrats?)
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Just a quick note here, and correct me if I'm wrong, but don't people usually transfer away from so-called have-not provinces (I hate that term) in Atlantic Canada so as to move up the corporate or government latter, or to take a better [paying] opportunity in stronger industrialized provinces? Our last premier did.
Who knows, maybe they'll both come back to retire? Btw, if they do, I'm sure they won't have any difficulty finding a few people to play shuffle board with when they return to draw an old age pension.
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It seems like they are trying to make a case to decentralize the federal departments and place them in regions that need the "Sr level" experience.
Bill Casey was on Rogers 91.9 yesterday stating that the federal goverment is out of touch with the Canadian population. I agree to an extent that Ottawa needs to decentralize goverment, but I am not waiting for that to happen soon...
The problem with making that case is that Sr. level bureaucrats have always lobbied the Prime Minister(and MPs in Ottawa) to stay put in the Ottawa-Hull region. And as we've witnessed in the past, the powers that be are definitely listening. (i.e. John Manley and John Baird)
The reason being is that many career government officials realize they have a better chance of moving up the latter if all the departments are centralized in one city. Mainly because they can network after hours over a drink, on the bus and at lunch with other senior level bureaucrats.
If it is deregulated, the fear here is that they may end up being stuck in jackwater, NB with no chance of rubbing elbows with other department heads. Thus, limiting their potential career advancement.
True, but who pays their salary?
Which is why I never liked the idea of wasting valuable time trying to court club fed. We have enough government involvement in our lives as it is.
Surely our politicians could find more valuable time trying to tailor our tax policies (broadbase tax relief) so as to encourage overseas investors to relocate here in New Brunswick.
I agree 100% that less goverment in my life is best, however; if you are going to have govt programs administered (DND, Health, Revenue Can, Immigration) why not spread the wealth as to speak.
On your second point. Lower taxes do encourage investment, but we also need to do a better job at tearing down the barriers we put up for aspiring entrepreneurs. I know 3 entrepreneurs that have left NB after being frustrated with trying to start a business here. They have gone elsewhere with their ideas because the environment elsewhere supportted their incubator stage. When I am refering to support, I do not mean grants I am refering to infrastructure and R&D.
They felt like all they got here was lip service...
I call it audio being out of synch with the video. Just my $0.02..
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