CEO Commentary: The Return to Normal for Business
This weekend signals a literal change of seasons. Tonight, we will turn our clocks ahead one hour to Daylight Saving Time. On Monday, New Brunswick will remove its mandatory order and drop remaining public health restrictions after a two-year dance with COVID-19. This ‘spring ahead’ comes as physical, emotional, psychological, and economic relief. As a […]
Federal budget submission
COVID-19 has made economic forecasting an increasingly dicey and difficult endeavour. Most forecasts, however, suggest 2022 will see a continuation of slow but steady recovery as vaccine booster-shots and rapid tests are being distributed and both business and consumer confidence builds. As we look ahead to 2022 and what we hope is the end of […]
Joint Letter: Economic Reopening and Recovery in New Brunswick – GNB Response
Hon. Blaine Higgs Premier, Province of New Brunswick Chancery Place, P. O. Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1Via email: blaine.higgs@gnb.caDear Premier Higgs:Re: Economic Reopening and Recovery in New Brunswick With New Brunswick’s move to Level 1 of the COVID-19 Winter Plan on February 18 and your government examining the possibility of ending the province’s emergency order […]
Joint Open Letter: Fredericton protests – CEOs of Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John Chambers
New Brunswick businesses have suffered under the strain of constant disruptions over the last two years. The challenges they have had to overcome have included COVID-19, increasing inflationary pressures, labour shortages, supply chain disruptions and more. Now, achieving a successful recovery is further threatened by the ongoing blockades of critical infrastructure across the country that […]