By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner Tongues are flapping over a chart that\u2019s been circulating showing the weakness of New Brunswick\u2019s economy. Released last month, it ranked the gross domestic product, or GDP, per capita of all 10 Canadian provinces and 50 American states, 60 in total, for last year. In other words, the chart established the level of economic activity, per person, in each place. New Brunswick came dead last, 60th out of 60. \u201cIt was simply a measure of the size of an economy, in this case that of the provinces and the states, per person,\u201d said Trevor Tombe, an economics professor at the University of Calgary who comes up with the ranking every year. \u201cBig provinces and states obviously produce a lot more,… <\/p>\n
By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner Tongues are flapping over a chart that\u2019s been circulating showing the weakness of New Brunswick\u2019s economy. Released last month, it ranked the gross domestic product, or GDP, per capita of all 10 Canadian provinces and 50 American states, 60 in total, for last year. In other words, the chart established the level of economic activity, per person, in each place. New Brunswick came dead last, 60th out of 60. \u201cIt was simply a measure of the size of an economy, in this case that of the provinces and the states, per person,\u201d said Trevor Tombe, an economics professor at the University of Calgary who comes up with the ranking every year. \u201cBig provinces and states obviously produce a lot more,... <\/p>\n