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Publications:NP August 11, 1999. By Fred McMahon
Publications:NP August 11, 1999. By Fred McMahon
What does it take to be a good premier? And does John Hamm, the Premier-elect of Nova Scotia, have it? Those are the two questions that everyone is asking as the newly elected Tory government prepares to take the reins of power.
Publications:MTT, HDN August 8, 1999. By Fred McMahon
Publications:MTT, HDN August 8, 1999. By Fred McMahon
In July of 1999, Fred McMahon writes "Nova Scotia's economic future is at a crossroads. If the province continues its present course, desperate times lie ahead. Yet, no party seems willing to aggressively address the very real threat to our prosperity."
As Nova Scotia's party leaders grapple for the steering wheel in the final days of the provincial election campaign, it looks like the province is headed for a devastating fiscal crash.
In this 1999 column in the Chronicle Herald, Fred McMahon writes "Many historians claim Confederation's trade barriers devastated the Maritime economy, and there's some truth in that. Yet, the Maritimes' great prosperity and worldwide trading links were almost certainly destined for ruin anyway, as was Halifax's status as a world-class trading centre."
Don Cayo looks at electoral fortunes in Atlantic Canada.