(Brad Wall. Photo: CBC.ca) Editor’s note: We welcome Amanda Achtman to the Straight Talk blog. Amanda will be contributing from time to time. A graduate of the University of Calgary, she is a regular commentator on Canadian public policy and politics. By Amanda Achtman, AIMS Author What’s a government with a budget deficit to do?…
By Patrick Webber, AIMS Research Associate New Brunswick is often thought of as a rural province, a perception aided by the province being the only one in Atlantic Canada that lacks a single dominant urban area. New Brunswick instead has three major urban areas of comparable population (Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton). However, census data over…
(Photo: Destination Membertou) By Joseph Quesnel, AIMS Fellow Despite all the doom and gloom we often hear about First Nations in Atlantic Canada, there are some good news stories out there. In particular, it may be news to some that there is an approach to improving First Nations that has strong evidence to back it…
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