The New Brunswick reality report : Rapport sur la réalité du Nouveau-Brunswick

In the 1940s, against the backdrop of the Second World War, the province was still largely undeveloped and ill-prepared for the impending boom. [...] THE CROSSROADS The Issues To the rest of the country New Brunswick is a have-not province. [...] The GDP per capita measures standard of living: the greater the difference between New Brunswick and Canada, the greater the disparity in standard of living. [...] The authors concluded that to address the labour shortage and experience a modest growth in the labour force, New Brunswick will need to attract about 7,000 new residents annually for the next 20 years. [...] That investment must be a priority in the early years and the provincial government must be prepared to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure all areas of New Brunswick have the ability to get goods and services to market.