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Pour généraliser un peu, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, ma province d'origine, je suis préoccupé par le déclin de la population à l'extérieur de la capitale, St. John's, et par les disparités prononcées entre zones rurales et urbaines sur le plan des opportunités économiques.
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These barriers are further complicated by difficulties specific to each province. To generalize a little, in Newfoundland and Labrador, my home province, a declining population in areas outside the capital city of St. John's and a severe disparity between rural and urban economic opportunities are of concern to me. In Nova Scotia progress on private sector R and D is still lagging behind national trends, and export readiness and performance are not yet equal to those of other provinces across the country. In Prince Edward Island insufficient economic diversification and innovation capacity has occurred. In New Brunswick there is still too heavy a reliance on traditional resource industries, despite major progress in knowledge-based industries. Addressing and improving these conditions is ACOA's primary focus today and over the next three years.
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