WATERLOO — Canada is the envy of the world, but Frank McKenna says Canadians have one bothersome cultural trait, which is that they “pile on” in their criticism of great Canadian companies instead of showing support and loyalty. McKenna, the former New B

David Campbell is an economic development consultant and columnist based in Moncton. He also authors a daily blog on economic issues in Atlantic Canada which can be found at www.davidwcampbell.com. In recent weeks a number of commentators have floated th

The Irving Oil refinery in Saint John could process western crude, Frank McKenna says. (CBC) Alberta oil companies should look east to refine their petroleum, former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says. In a recent op-ed piece in the Financ

The Obama administration nixes the proposed Keystone pipeline south to the U.S. Gulf Coast after the 2012 elections and the Gateway pipeline to the West Coast gets bogged down for years in messy hearings. How then does all the oilsands bitumen get to mar

It happens at every level of government. Voters look at the ballots and can't help but wonder, "Is that it? These are the best candidates this township, city, riding, country has to offer?" And don't think for a second that this is just a Canadian phenom

THERE’S growing support today for a Liverpool business leader’s belief that the Governor of the Bank of England is bad for the British economy. Frank McKenna, boss of Downtown Liverpool in Business, believes that Sir Mervyn King’s increasingly apocalypti

Can you imagine a United States President named Newt? Don't worry, his actual name is Newton. And Republicans, at least for now and despite his storied political past, are increasingly flocking to his once-lifeless campaign as the latest anyone-but-Mitt