A discussion of economic options for the Island

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Date Recorded
1982-04-02
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:30:40
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction from O'Hare

01:30 Nutbrown begins speaking

04:30 Discussion of a sense of urgency about PEI's economy; problems of
05:30 Discussion of the effects of government influence on PEI's economy

07:30 Discussion of transfer payments

09:00 Discussion of government expenditures

09:30 Discussion of PEI's GPD per worker

11:00 Discussion of PEI's control over its destiny

14:00 Discussion of waves of industrialisation

15:30 Discussion of "the rural renaissance"

18:00 Discussion of the dairy industry on PEI

20:00 Discussion of energy production on PEI

21:30 Discussion of the quality of PEI produce

24:00 Discussion of PEI competing with other markets

29:00 Beginning of question period; question regarding planning in the public education system

30:00 Comment on the nature of PEI's education system

36:30 Comment on teacher training standards at UPEI

37:00 Comment on the causes of teacher training standards

38:00 Comment on the nature of "quality" as an economic policy

41:30 Question regarding Nutbrown's government work towards a rural renaissance

49:00 Comment on the number of small-scale hog farmers on PEI

53:30 Question regarding the feasibility of farming cooperatives

55:00 Question regarding the impact of the government on the rural renaissance

55:30 Comment on UPEI, quality of education

58:00 Comment on studies done on the rural renaissance

59:30 Comment on an extension service on PEI, lack of

01:05:30 Comment on interdisciplinarity

01:08:30 Comment on the feasibility of extension services

01:10:00 Comment on decentralisation

01:14:00 Question regarding transfer payments; government expenditure on post-secondary education

01:17:00 Comment on the role of entrepreneurship in PEI

01:19:30 Comment on summer schools, funding of

01:21:30 Comment on PEI's dependence on the federal government

01:22:30 Question regarding the development of the rural renaissance

01:26:30 Comment on the availability of equipment

01:29:30 Conclusion of seminar