Intra-provincial economic mobility
I’ve got to hand it to Rex Murphy. He can go anywhere and turn any topic into something worth listening to. Tonight, the show originated in Thompson, MB and was an open discussion on movement to other communities to find a job. A topic worth of a sociology course, open to the nation.
From research into family history, I can attest that movement to another province (state, country) is nothing new. Every generation has seen it happen. My mother hails from the “Boston States”, through an economic accident. Her parents returned to the Island when the great Depression began, because it was less onerous to feed a family. Reverse migration, if you will.
Nowadays, people are on the road to “Fort McMoney”, where a house trailer can sell for more than $300K and Tim Horton’s offers what would pass as professional level salary in the Maritimes, to serve up coffee and crullers. I’ve already done my moves for money, so I’m not tempted, but my children are at the point where money talks.
Will my kids be goin’ down the road. Maybe. Even though we’re in a large city, the wage levels here don’t compare, and intra-provincial economic mobility is possible. Given the current political situation in the south, I don’t think a move to California is imminent, but a call to Calgary could be in the future.
