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  1. Attracting more people key to Atlantic Canada’s future

    The recent inflow of people to the region does not mean the problem of outmigration has been solved. ...

  2. Voting with Their Feet: Migration in Atlantic Canada

    Migration is a perennial topic of interest in Atlantic Canada. Out-migration specifically has been widely recognized as both a symptom of the region’s economic weakness and a potential threat to its future well-being. Atlantic Canada experienced a ...

  3. Fiscal Lessons for Atlantic Canada from Saskatchewan

    COVID-19 and the related economic recession have thrown governments across Canada into varying degrees of fiscal peril. In Newfoundland & Labrador, the challenges of rapidly increasing debt and large deficits have created perhaps the largest fiscal ...

  4. Atlantic Canada's Precarious Public Finances

    Canada’s four Atlantic provinces—Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador—face long-term threats to fiscal sustainability. COVID-19 and the resulting economic downturn has only added to these challenges. Further, ...

  5. Charitable giving on the wane in New Brunswick

    This holiday season, many New Brunswickers will spend their time and money giving back to charitable causes. In fact, every year, tens of thousands of residents in the province donate to charities. However, according to a new study by ...

  6. Charitable giving on the wane in Nova Scotia

    Appeared in the Bluenose Bulletin, December 23, 2020 This holiday season, many Nova Scotians will spend their time and money giving back to charitable causes. In fact, every year, tens of thousands of residents in the province donate to charities. However ...

  7. Atlantic Canada’s population is getting older faster

    The four Atlantic provinces have the largest share of residents over the age of 65 in Canada. ...

  8. Nova Scotia most government-dominated province in Canada

    Appeared in the Bluenose Bulletin, October 1, 2020 The COVID outbreak and economic downturn has produced a dramatic increase in government spending across the country. The federal and provincial governments have rolled out a variety of programs aimed to ...

  9. COVID crisis presents opportunity for trade reform in Atlantic Canada

    Appeared in the Bluenose Bulletin, September 1, 2020 Earlier this summer, the four Atlantic provinces formed the “Atlantic Bubble” as the region works toward freer movement of people amid the COVID crisis. And clearly, the pandemic’s effect on the economy ...

  10. Measuring the Equalization Clawback on Natural Resource Revenue in Have-Not Provinces

    Over time, critics have identified many problems with Canada’s equalization program. This study will examine and quantify one such problem: the disincentive that the program creates for the development and deployment of natural resources in “have-not” ...