Stadium Stalemate
The Phase 2 report has now been received and will be considered by city council on Tuesday evening. Read More »
Updated: December 6, 2011
Stadium Studies – Phase 2
On Dec 6th HRM council will resume discussion of a new stadium. Public meetings have been held to discuss where a stadium could be located and what it might look like. These questions are undoubtedly more fun to talk about than the tedious business of examining the business case. Read More »
Updated: November 29, 2011
Stadium Studies
Halifax Regional Municipality has recently spent $100,000 on a Stadium Analysis Report.While providing lots of data about stadiums in other cities, and about other economic and demographic facts in the metro area, the report does not provide anything that would constitute a business case analysis. Read More »
Updated: September 30, 2011
Making the Cut
There has been considerable talk about the need to balance the Province of Nova Scotia’s books. It is not easy to assess the dimensions of the problem because there are some big unknowns, and the new government has continued to confuse the picture by the way it accounts for the cost of post-secondary education. Read More »
Updated: December 1, 2010
Conventional Wisdom?
After considerable study by both subject matter experts and provincial officials, a proposal has been made for a new convention center which will cost $159 million of borrowed money. The proposal has now been supported by the provincial government and forwarded to HRM for its response. Read More »
Updated: October 26, 2010
If You Build It, Will They Come?
All Nova Scotians should be supportive of sound initiatives to help the economy of Cape Breton. The three political parties in Nova Scotia have endorsed the idea of spending $38,000,000 to dredge Sydney Harbour and are now urging Ottawa to come on board. Read More »
Updated: June 14, 2010