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NEWS & RESEARCH

Our research is eclectic in nature and reflects the diversity of our work. We attempt to give clients, and potential clients, some idea of the scope of our activities by publishing research papers from time to time in our quarterly Newsletter, TDP Trends, Blogs and Market Surveys.

Property Tax: Oh Lord! Benched Again!

On July 19th 2004 the New Brunswick Court of Queens Bench heard an appeal by Service New...

Avoiding the HST

Confusion about the application of the G.S.T./H.S.T. abounds. The clumsy prose of the Excise Tax Act does...

Property Tax: An Affront to Common Sense

This year, many commercial property owners will again render unto Caesar about 5% of their property's...

Expropriation: Pipe Down And Pay Up

It had been a long time coming; but for courageous couple Allan and Darlene Myers, the Nova Scotia...

Graffiti: Urban Decay – The Writing’s On The Wall

Graffiti first found a home in Atlantic Canada during the late 1990s. On January 11th 2000 we wrote to the...

Residential Demand: Interlude – When Time Stood Still

The 1990s were not good years for Canadians; most saw their income shrink in real terms in the first half...

Fraud: The Enron Bomb

To be efficient, markets need reliable information. Enron shows the extent to which they are not getting...

September 11th: The Aftermath

The economic effects of September 11th on this region, pale into insignificance when measured...

The Pre-Millennium Meltdown

Occasionally, the sheer excitement of watching the Atlantic roll the pebbles on Lawrencetown Beach...

Cities: Market Intelligence

Thanks to improved communications; the highway twinning through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia...

On the Cusp of a Boom?

Atlantic Canada is on the threshold of great prosperity. Never before have we seen this amount of...

REITs

The Asian flu; Japan caught it first and rapidly infected its geographic and economic neighbours...

Contamination – Pity the Poor Property Owner

We propose a patron saint for property owners: they too deserve a special place in the hereafter...

Northumberland Straight Crossing

On the 31st May 1997 Strait Crossing Development Inc., a consortium of Canadian, American, French...

Demographics: Baby Boomers Bulge

Much has been made of that post-war aberration, the baby boomers, generally defined...
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