Employment The relative weakness of the CBRM economy is best reflected in employment figures. Employment declined during the recession of the early 1980s, dropping from 42,000 in 1981 to 40,000 in 1986, where it stabilized until 1991 (Fig....
AI summary The CBRM economy experienced employment decline during the 1980s and early 1990s, primarily due to closures in the primary sector, especially fishing, and manufacturing. Nova Scotia as a whole saw employment growth from 1981 to 1996, driven by the transportation, services, and trade sectors.
Several companies and individuals based in the CBRM are competing, and competing successfully, for SOEP contracts and employment. But the level of participation is . relatively low and limited mainly to pipe fabrication for the onshore fac...
AI summary The SOEP project has seen limited participation from CBRM-based companies, with most contracts going to firms from the HRM. Despite some success in pipe fabrication, overall interest and competitiveness from CBRM firms remain low, raising concerns about local economic benefits.
ore information on the size and location of significant discoveries, see Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Technical Summaries of Scotian Shelf Significant and Commercial Discoveries, 1997. The Scotian Shelf and adjacent regions...
AI summary The text discusses several geological areas in the Nova Scotia Offshore Area with potential hydrocarbon resources, including the Laurentian Sub basin, Sydney Basin, Georges Bank, Fundy and Shelburne Basins, and the Abenaki Carbonate Bank. Exploration is ongoing or pending due to factors like boundary disputes and moratoriums.