Business relocation - whose role should it be?
It can often be said that if you want something done you may have to do it yourself.
But for a change, wouldn't it be good to know that if you were considering shifting your business of 30-plus staff to another part of the country, there would be some assistance to get you from place A to place B? Especially when the region you are moving to stands to benefit substantially from your arrival.
Now I know what you're probably thinking, this guy wants subsidies for businesses. But I'm not necessarily suggesting we lean on taxpayers or ratepayers.
Instead, what I think we need is a concerted effort by all provincial centres to hone what they can offer businesses thinking about relocating to their region, and systems and processes to help them do it.