The Atlantic bubble needs to burst

While Atlantic Canada has done a good job of managing COVID-19 counts, it is breathtakingly short-sighted to assume that the retention of the 'bubble' for a sustained period is effective policy.

The Confederation Bridge, which connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, is pictured in 2019. Atlantic Canada is putting itself in a fiscally unsustainable position by shutting itself off to the rest of the world, writes Tim Powers.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 23, 2020

OTTAWA—This year has been brutal for so many people and we still have nearly 4 months to go before 2021 is upon us. While I have never been a big fan of wishing time away, I am close to adopting it as a short-term strategy. Atlantic Canada has had a particularly brutal year. At the time of writin...

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