Despite record in-migration median age of most of Nova Scotia continues to rise
Until capable handling of the pandemic boosted ratings, the McNeil government had precious little it could credibly point to after seven years as evidence of success. Reduced wait times for elective surgery? No, not yet. A family doctor for everyone? Not quite. Poverty reduction and growing incomes? Not so much. Balanced budgets? Past their best-before. But in recent years there has been one reliable set of statistics to trot out to demonstrate progress – population and immigration growth. And the beat goes on. Detailed data released this month by Statistics Canada confirm that Nova Scotia’s population was up almost...
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