[…] 2022, the ferry brought in fewer than one per cent of Nova Scotia’s tourism arrivals. Remarkably, the number of Americans coming to Nova Scotia did not drop in 2019 when there was no ferry due to delays in completing the arrivals facility in […]
Are you suggesting our provincial government is making, at least in this case, an economically irrational decision? Hard to believe! Is it ever possible for any government’s economic decisions to be consistently rational?
I have been saying for years that there would be more benefit to the province if they just gave the millions to the businesses in the southern part of the province rather than the Americans on the US side of the operation. We could probably give each American tourist a $500 gas card if they filled up in Yarmouth, regardless of how they got there by car. The votes that the provincial government are buying with those millions are not really worth the price.
i fear you err in attributing any intuitive understanding to our leaders in the fields relating to economics writ large
they grasp only the self aggrandizement presented in the glories of re-election and the personal benefits flowing there from.
Pity
[…] 2022, the ferry brought in fewer than one per cent of Nova Scotia’s tourism arrivals. Remarkably, the number of Americans coming to Nova Scotia did not drop in 2019 when there was no ferry due to delays in completing the arrivals facility in […]
BILL BLACK: Money fo | March 21, 2025 |
Are you suggesting our provincial government is making, at least in this case, an economically irrational decision? Hard to believe! Is it ever possible for any government’s economic decisions to be consistently rational?
Steve Chipman | November 22, 2019 |
I have been saying for years that there would be more benefit to the province if they just gave the millions to the businesses in the southern part of the province rather than the Americans on the US side of the operation. We could probably give each American tourist a $500 gas card if they filled up in Yarmouth, regardless of how they got there by car. The votes that the provincial government are buying with those millions are not really worth the price.
Ron Gilkie, Ph.D., P | November 22, 2019 |
i fear you err in attributing any intuitive understanding to our leaders in the fields relating to economics writ large
they grasp only the self aggrandizement presented in the glories of re-election and the personal benefits flowing there from.
Pity
bill f | November 22, 2019 |