Have the Atlantic provinces always had such slow growth? What reasons are there for that?
For Newfoundland, I know that a major issue in the early 1990's was the sudden collapse of the cod population, which was a central focus of the Newfoundland economy, and 25 years later the cod population still hasn't completely recovered.
It's a textbook example of a community being devastated by an ecological disaster that could have been avoided if a more vigilant government had been in place.
(Wow, on re-reading this, I'm realizing that this is a lot more preachy than my usual post, but I'm going to leave it as it is, anyway.)
