Uber coming to New Brunswick?
World-wide ride-share company Uber met with city staff of Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton to chat about potential for the service to operate in the province. The meetings, which took place in Saint John, aimed to talk about the potential for Uber to set up shop and the current bylaws from each city. Currently, Uber’s service is not available anywhere in Atlantic Canada.
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We’re fresh off the road from our thought leadership workshop series and as loyal ABM readers know, the conversation doesn’t stop there. The following is a list of subjects that workshop participants identified as areas that need improvement across the region. Are these issues important to you? How would you rank them in order of priority?

• Regional economic collaboration
• Regional political collaboration
• Career-specific education/experiential learning
• Increased supports to not just attract, but retain new immigrants
• Marketing our success stories
• A regulatory environment that stifles entrepreneurship
• High-speed internet access
• Labour shortage
• Resistance to change
• Excessive taxation

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The results will be revealed in our January edition

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