Atlantic Canada missing out on potential oil and gas boom
Energy sector created more than 20,000 jobs and nearly $7 billion in GDP in 2017 alone
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Category: Eye on PEI
Charlottetown’s heritage homes have a champion
CYCLING CANADA: Paul Coles has won eight City of Charlottetown Heritage Awards for his restoration work (FREE)
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Atlantic Canada won’t prosper until it kicks the equalization habit
DAVID MACKINNON: Subsidies to Atlantic Canada represent corrosive political practices that damage the reputation of the region and the national fabric (FREE)
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Is Canada destined to fall into Greenland’s welfare trap?
PETER HOLLE: If Canada continues to subsidize areas that aren’t economically viable, the standard of living in our country will continue to erode (FREE)
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History shows a path to resolve lobster fisheries dispute
JOSEPH QUESNEL: Non-Indigenous fishers in Atlantic region need not be worried that Indigenous rights will come at the expense of conservation (FREE)
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First Nations need safe drinking water now
JOSEPH QUESNEL: After years of delays, mixed signals, lack of consultation and broken promises, delivery of safe drinking water systems is long overdue (FREE)
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The horrible cost of constantly punting Indigenous claims to court
KEN COATES: Governments have more resources and delays can drag on for years. Indigenous peoples pay heavily for the delays in resolving their claims (FREE)
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Freer cross-Canada trade will most benefit Atlantic provinces
BEN EISEN and ALEX WHALEN: A number of restrictions inhibit labour mobility, as well as the free trade of goods and services. And trade barriers add regulatory burdens on businesses
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Atlantic Canada facing a political vulnerability
FRED MCMAHON: Fiscal federalism, the lifeblood of the region’s economy, faces increasing pressure for reform, especially in the post-COVID-19 world
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How Atlantic Canada fortunes and oil and gas are intertwined
MARK MILKE and VEN VENKATACHALAM: Policy preventing resource extraction puts additional pressure on entrepreneurs, their businesses and taxpayers to pay for provincial government programs
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COVID crisis opportunity for trade reform in Atlantic Canada
ALEX WHALEN and BEN EISEN: Eliminating trade barriers can help accelerate the economic recovery
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Consumer trust in agriculture is waning
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Organized, well-funded groups condemning farming practices on social media are winning the consumer trust battle (FREE membership content)
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