True--bc solution to stagnant provincial economy is sovereignty (esp re: currency, this is why Euro is v bad idea)https://twitter.com/JimmyLevendia/status/791306375167152128 …
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It's interesting work that hasn't really been explored. As old-timey Cdn nationalists we are somewhat committed...
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...to "transactions of decline", but maybe time to shake off our dogmatic slumbers. The Maritimes are basically...
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...wards of the federal government. Has that been a good thing for them? I don't know. Compared to what alternative?
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Jacobs makes clear that "transactions of decline" are usually inescapable bc they reinforce their causes...
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...and so tend not to stop until the government that's paying collapses
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I don't know the history of the Maritimes enough to know if they ever had a strong native economy...
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...but I can't imagine that they'll be able to *start* one as long as they're wards of the Canadian gov
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ditto for other parts of Canada and much of the USA, including my own backyard
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