The Northern Economy: More Evidence Based Work Needed

Well, it is probably time to resume the occasional post on aspects of northern Ontario's economy as well as broader economic issues from a northern Ontario perspective.  I will do it here on Northern Economist 2.0 to provide continuity with previous posts and material.  The advent of the Northern Policy Institute has provided a welcome supply of reports on northern Ontario issues and policy from a broad perspective but there is room I think for material focusing specifically on northern Ontario economic indicators.  This particularly struck me with the recent publication by the Fraser Institute of an excellent  report on differential economic performance across Ontario.  Needless to say, it appears that the economic situation in northern Ontario has not improved substantially in recent years and indeed the recent mining sector downturn appears to have dealt a blow to the region.  In the months to come, I will once again start providing the occasional post dealing with northern Ontario's economy using available data resources.  Blogging is of course time intensive so I do not plan to resume with the frequency of Northern Economist 1.0 but I will be addressing areas where I think an analytical gap exists.  To the future. Cheers. Livio.