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标题：Competitiveness in a Resource Dependent Region: The Case of Food Processing in Canada's Maritime Provinces
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作者：W. M. BROWN
期刊名称：Canadian Journal of Regional Science
印刷版ISSN：0705-4580
出版年度：1995
卷号：18
期号：3
出版社：Universite de Montreal - Dept de Geographie
摘要：Canada's Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) have long been identified within Canada as a have not region. Although there are indications that the region has begun to close the gap over the past 30 years (Milne and Tucker 1993; and Savoie 1992), in many regards the future of its resource based economy is in more question now than it has ever been. There are three challenges facing the Maritimes' economy. First, the region's limited resource base has not provided an acceptable level of income or employment.(1)Second, commodity production is inherently vulnerable to outside competition, and the liberalization of North American and world trade is expected to increase competition further. Third, the nation's ability to financially support the Maritimes will become increasingly difficult as federal and provincial governments are forced to address their debt problems. These economic problems are not unique, but are similar to those of other lagging regions of Canada (for example, Eastern Quebec and Northern Ontario) and the world (for example, Southern Italy and parts of Scotland and Wales). Therefore, the conclusions drawn here may have implications beyond the Maritime provinces