North American Atlantic Region

Fraser Institute News Release: Pre-COVID (2019) median employment income in Nova Scotia was more than $4,400 lower compared to the average for provinces outside Atlantic Canada

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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“The income gap between Nova Scotians and workers outside of Atlantic Canada was significant, and resulted in lower living standards,” said Ben Eisen, a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of Comparing Median Employment Income in the Atlantic Region to the Rest of Canada.

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  • “The income gap between Nova Scotians and workers outside of Atlantic Canada was significant, and resulted in lower living standards,” said Ben Eisen, a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of Comparing Median Employment Income in the Atlantic Region to the Rest of Canada.
  • The study, which focuses on Atlantic Canada compared to central and western Canada, finds that the average median employment income in Atlantic Canada in 2019 was $32,175 while in central and western Canada the average median employment income was $37,583—16.8 per cent higher.
  • Crucially, the income gap between Nova Scotia and central and western Canada grew by 1.7 percentage points from 2011 to 2019.
  • “Instead of improving, the gap in incomes for workers in Nova Scotia and provinces outside of Atlantic Canada actually got bigger,” said Alex Whalen, a senior economist with the Institute’s Atlantic Canada Prosperity Initiative.

Nova Scotia’s First Memorial Road Sign For Victim Of Impaired Driving Installed

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Thursday, May 5, 2022
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MADD Canadas Memorial Road Signs are a powerful, lasting way to honour victims, and to remind motorists about the tragic consequences of impaired driving.

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  • MADD Canadas Memorial Road Signs are a powerful, lasting way to honour victims, and to remind motorists about the tragic consequences of impaired driving.
  • MADD Canada thanks Susan, Paul and their families for their courage, and the Government of Nova Scotia for its leadership in establishing this Memorial Road Sign program to honour victims of impaired driving.
  • Its an honour to be part of the unveiling of Nova Scotias first memorial road sign for victims of impaired driving and to commemorate the memory of Donald King.
  • In 2021, MADD Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia agreed to the installation of Memorial Road Signs on provincial highways at the locations of fatal impaired driving crashes.