Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell- An Acadia Broadcasting Podcast

Thanks to former Premier Danny Williams, Newfoundland & Labrador has a state owned oil company. Williams wanted his province not only to benefit from the royalties from offshore oil but to have the benefit of ownership as well. This led to the creation of  the Oil & Gas Corporation of Newfoundland & Labrador (OilCoNL), the crown corporation that holds equity in three major oil fields,...

One of Canada's most prolific and celebrated thinkers on regional economic development in Canada, Université de Moncton professor Donald Savoie is back on the Insights podcast to discuss his latest book, a biography of former New Brunswick Premier Louis J. Robichaud.  This is a timely work that exposes a new generation to LJR's radical program to foster Equal Opportunity in New Brunswick, spanning...

On this week's Insights podcast, Don and David talk with David Chaundy, President and CEO of the Atlantic Economic Council. The Council was established back in 1954 to provide research and support to economic development efforts across the region. Chaundy has been running the organization since 2018 and is passionate about its role helping the region address its biggest challenges and opportunitie...

On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David are joined by the Honourable Luke Randall, Minister responsible for Opportunities NB (ONB), Economic Development and Small Business, NB Liquor and Cannabis NB  and Traci Simmons, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Small Business and the Chief Executive Officer of ONB. The topic of the conversation is the Government of New Brunswick’s new Econ...

On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David are joined by Krista Han, Managing Partner with Doane Grant Thornton in New Brunswick. Globally, the accounting industry is dominated by the 'Big 4' firms: EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC, but in Atlantic Canada, Doane Grant Thornton has the largest market share.   Krista discusses the major challenges and opportunities facing the firm in Atlantic Canada,...

As part of a continuing series of podcasts focused on energy opportunities in Atlantic Canada, our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast is Matt Campbell, the author of the recent Deloitte Energy White Paper that asks an important question: Is this Atlantic Canada’s energy superpower moment? Matt is the Energy Transformational Leader for Deloitte in Atlantic Canada. In our conversation, Ma...

We were asked to be the keynote speakers at last week's State of the Strait in Port Hawkesbury sponsored by the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce. During our two day visit to the Strait we were able to tour both the Everwind Fuels Marine Terminal, which can store 7.5 million litres of fuel in transit to other destinations, and the Port Hawkesbury Paper Mill, one of only three super calendar paper mi...

In December 2024, Don Mills and David Campbell had a rare and exclusive opportunity to interview Robert K. Irving on the Insights podcast. Mr. Irving passed away on May 19, 2026. This is a re-release of that Insights podcast.   In the podcast, the Co-CEO of JD Irving shared information about the companies under his direction, their continued growth, major recent capital investments and succession....

On this week’s Insights podcast, Michelle Robichaud, President of the Atlantica Centre for Energy and Heidi Leslie, CEO of Crux Energy Consulting join Don and David to discuss a new report prepared for the Atlantic Energy Collective. Entitled An Atlantic Canadian Energy Future , the report outlines the state of the energy sector in the region. There are many important energy projects on the drawin...

On this week’s Insights podcast, we speak with John MacIsaac, President of ProEnergy Global Solutions Canada Ltd. and Brad Coady, Chief Commercial Officer, NB Power, about an important new initiative, the Renewable Integration Grid Security Project (RIGS).  In recent years, more of the region’s electricity demand has been supplied by wind, solar and other renewable sources. The challenge is that t...

This episode of the Insights Podcast features an exclusive conversation with veteran miner Kevin Bullock, the CEO of NexGold, the mining company that is close to making a final decision to develop a gold mine near Goldboro in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. There are 1.15 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves at the Goldboro site that will be open-pit mined. Based on current reserve...

We have a special edition of the Insights podcast this week.   As many of you will know, Don has been heading up the Atlantic Economic Panel - an initiative that has brought together some of the region's top business leaders and thinkers to develop a roadmap for the future prosperity of the region.  Don summarizes the panel's work to date and offers insight into the final report and recommendation...

The Marco Group was founded in St. John’s, NL, in 1979 by the late Tom Hickman, whose family still retains majority ownership of the company. The company decided to expand into the rest of the region in the early 2000s. That is when Allan MacIntosh, the company’s President, joined the company as a co-owner and set up offices in Halifax. MacIntosh is our guest in this episode of the Insights Podcas...

Our guest this week on the Insights Podcast is Elisa Obermann, the Executive Director of Marine Renewables Canada (MRC), an industry association headquartered in Halifax with more than 200 members. In this podcast, Elisa talks about the various forms of marine renewable energy, including energy from rivers, waves, tides, and offshore wind. The focus of her association is advocacy and the developme...

This week on the Insights Podcast , we’re joined by Gregg Curwin , President & CEO of Nova Scotia–based Novagevity . Gregg is a proven agriculture entrepreneur and the founder of TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture , now Canada’s largest indoor vertical farming company. Gregg joins Don and David to share his entrepreneurial journey, discussing the importance of R&D, access to capital, and the...

Our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast is Jason Limongelli, Vice President, Woodlands Division with JD Irving, Limited. The forest products industry is the most important driver of economic activity in New Brunswick, generating nearly a billion dollars in tax and royalty revenue in 2024 and supporting one out of every 17 jobs in the province. Despite its importance, most people don’t re...

Our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast is Marie Mullally, the CEO of CUA. CUA is one of the largest credit unions in Atlantic Canada. There are more than 300,000 credit union members in Atlantic Canada. Credit unions have their roots in small communities. In the case of CUA, it started as a credit union for dockyard workers in Halifax, growing to $1.2 billion in assets under management...

Our guest on this week’s episode of the Insights Podcast is Dallas McCready, President & CEO of Atlantic Lottery Corporation.  Atlantic Lottery is a collaboration between the four Atlantic Provinces that provides gaming services across the region.  Dallas discusses the organization’s mandate and economic impact as it celebrates 50 years in operation.  He also discusses the lottery’s expansion...

Our podcast this week features an educational conversation with Dr. Moez Rajwani, the Executive Officer for the Aga Khan Council in Canada representing the interests of the Ismalili community across the country. There are between 100 and 125,000 Ismailis living in Canada. They are part of the Shia Muslim community that follow the Aga Khan as their Iman, the hereditary leader of the Ismailis,and  t...

This episode of the Insights Podcast is another in our bioeconomy series, sponsored by the Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub and Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, and features a conversation with Andrew Parsons, the Project Director at Nova Sustainable Fuels, a company owned by UK-based Octopus Energy. His company has been quietly working in Nova Scotia since 2021 on a project to build a production fac...

Our guest on this week’s episode of the Insights Podcast is Nathan Ough, President and CEO of Texas-based VoltaGrid.   Born and raised in Saint John, Ough is now looking to put a large-scale data centre in the port city, bringing several hundred high-paying jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue to the city and provincial government. A partnership with Beacon AI Centres, the $2+ billion proje...

Former New Brunswick Premier and UNI Financial CEO Camille Thériault joins the Insights Podcast to discuss leadership, grassroots politics, and economic growth. From the 1987 Liberal sweep to transforming UNI Financial, Thériault shares lessons on succeeding in public life and the importance of investing in tourism and community development. 

In this episode of the Insights Podcast, we take a close look at the book publishing business, that continues to thrive in Atlantic Canada despite the naysayers who think book reading may be in decline. Terrilee Bulger is a lifelong bibliophile who began her interest in books working in a bookstore while in high school, before eventually joining Nimbus Publishing in 2004 eventually becoming a co-o...

We have a very special guest on this week's Insights podcast.  Don and David are joined by Aldéa Landry to talk about her long career and legacy.  Aldéa was born in Sainte-Cécile, a small village in the Acadian Peninsula.  She showed early flashes of ambition at a young age and the support of Sister Dorothy at the local Catholic school was key to unlocking her potential.  After a successful early...

Cherubini Metal Works was founded in 1967 by two brothers, John and Jack Cherubini, originally from Italy. The company began as an ornamental railing fabricator and was acquired in 1972 by Renato and Danilo Gasparetto, who remain the business's owners today. Over time, the company has grown to become the largest structured steel fabricator in Atlantic Canada, with 600 employees (70 percent of whom...