I would love to move to the Maritimes but could not handle the weather. B.C. is a better option.

Another unsustainable business built around cheap labor, if a company has to have cheap labor to survive, their product or business plan is flawed.

Yes, I have always thought of NS as a peninsula, but not Halifax itself.

Halifax is definitely on a peninsula, the harbour is on one side and a strait on the other side. Traffic is hideous.

NS is a peninsula and downtown Halifax is on a peninsula as well. If you look it up on a map, you can clearly see it.

They are nearer the bulk of the country than is BC.

I never mentioned BC, and being on either extreme coast isn't ideal, but at least with BC you have a larger population within the province itself. Bulk may have been a poor choice of wording it however.

Anyhow it's pretty clear people and companies for whatever reason don't want to be in the maritime's.

That's a pretty sweeping statement. Many companies and people are here. There are definitely changes that need to be made but it's not all doom and gloom at all

There will always be people there, but doesn't appear based on the article people are wanting to move there, seems more are interested in leaving.

I work for a small technology company started by engineering graduates from UNB, and know of quite a few other similar companies. These are all well travelled young people who would find little difficulty finding employment elsewhere, but prefer to live in New Brunswick and raise their families here.

Fredericton calls itself "the start up capital of the Atlantic Provinces" and whether it is or not, I really don't know. I do know that it's trying hard to achieve sustainable growth and encourage people to stay.

There is in some quarters a strong resistance to change, and I don't think I'd like to emigrate here if I were from a minority...I know that some say that moving to Canada is in someways like stepping back to a Britain of 30 years ago, well I think that Atlantic Canada is like a Canada of 30 years ago....and a portion of the populace like it just fine like that, but it's going to hamper forward progression.

There are many positives about the Atlantic Provinces...(non of them weather related) I so hope that a spirit of endeavor will help to change the economic gloom long term, and let these areas start to grow again.

Thank you so much for posting the article ExKiwiLass.

It's too bad that many seem so conservative but I empathize with their fear. Oh well, the world changes, everyone has to wake up to that fact.

They do and I for one can't wait for 90% of the baby boomers to retire....

And place even more strain on the provinces coffers?

Yes, and many of the poor souls are too poor to retire and are propping up younger members of their family with their income already.

And will also make way for new and dynamic leaders. The ones I was referring to have decent pensions in place....