Executive Director’s Blog
ED’s Blog: Reflection on Finishing up at the Employers’ Council
April 21, 2022
My firstborn moved out of the house this past year. She turned 20 and wanted to take a step forward in her life as an adult, on her own, and experience all the things you do [...]
ED’s Blog: Why did Tom Osborne give away his right?
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director Many in our province were shocked and stunned when Finance Minister Osborne gave away his right to adjust [...]
ED’s Blog: You Didn’t Ask for the Biggest Govt in Canada – You Just Paid For It
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director Like most of you, I was shocked when the provincial government decided to deal with our deficit [...]
ED’s Blog: Premier Ball is Writing History
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director If you read history, you realize that there are moments that challenge every political leader. What defines [...]
BoomOrBust 2015 Blog – Advice for our next Premier
Annual ConferenceLatest NewsProvincial Government Fiscal PolicyNovember 16, 2015
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director The latest Abacus Data poll shows the Liberals sailing to a large majority government on November 30th [...]
BoomOrBust 2015 Blog – Did Jack Harris lose because of a poll?
Annual ConferenceOctober 21, 2015
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director The pollsters in our country have some explaining to do. Leading up to the federal election I did not [...]
BoomOrBust 2015 Blog – Political Propaganda: A lesson in not always believing what you read
Annual ConferenceOctober 16, 2015
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director When I read some of the politically motivated posts by my “friends” on Facebook concerning all [...]
#PlayingtoWinNL Blog – Eight years of Stephen Harper
Annual ConferenceNovember 20, 2014
By Richard Alexander NL Employers’ Council Executive Director Stephen Harper is arguably, one of the most polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian History. People either [...]
#PlayingToWinNL Blog – What is commerce?
Annual ConferenceNovember 14, 2014
By Richard Alexander, NL Employers’ Council Executive Director That was the question I asked when I first landed at Dalhousie University as a pimple faced 18 year old [...]
#PlayingtoWinNL Blog – Bill Barry vs. John Crosbie – No Holds Barred!
Annual ConferenceNovember 4, 2014
By Richard Alexander NL Employers’ Council Executive Director A couple of years ago I was sitting at a local Chamber of Commerce luncheon when former Premier Kathy [...]