[LINK] Two Atlantic Canadian island links

[rfmcdonald]

• Lisa Keys' article in the New York Times about house-hunting on Prince Edward Island amazed me, not only because PEI has legislative restrictions against foreigners (like, say, Nova Scotians) buying up too much property, but because housing prices on the Island have risen so steeply and the region of the Island that Keys identifies is one of the more marginal and heavily rural there. Times change.


• Over at the Globe and Mail, Gordon Pitts takes a look at how, despite some concerns over the future and a well-balanced economy, Newfoundland's recent oil/mineral-driven prosperity might finally stop being a net exporter of the province's own population. Funnelling oil profits into sustainable post-oil businesses and workforces will be key.