I was being purposefully inflammatory with the tone of my comment, just to see what some of the (NS) forumers would have to say......
Yes, I am aware that the largest employers in Moncton are the hospital(s). There are over 5,000 hospital workers in Moncton I believe. Also, curiously, there is a disproportionately large number of federal employees in the city as well, which is especially surprising given that Moncton is not a government city. I think this is due to the DFO Gulf Fisheries Centre, the Corrections Canada regional office and to Transport Canada.
This does not negate the fact however that Halifax is the capital of NS, has a large number of regional federal employees, has six universities and several large hospitals, as well as the huge DND establishment there. The underpinnings of the Halifax economy is therefore government activity, supplemented by the banking and insurance industries. There is very little actual manufacturing activity in NS (aside from Michelin), although this will change with the federal shipbuilding contract.
NB has always been strong in manufacturing. I believe there is a stat out there somewhere which states that on a per capital basis that NB is more reliant on international trade than any other province in the federation.....
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