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THUNDER BAY — City manager Norm Gale says Thunder Bay’s low population growth is a significant issue facing the community going forward.
“We see that the community is not growing, or it’s growing slower than any other large urban centre in Canada. But it’s not just the absence of growth that’s troubling. It’s the fact that our population is aging,” Gale said. Nationwide, Moncton, N.B. topped the list, with a 5.3 per cent growth rate, while Halifax was second at 4.4 per cent.
“So yes, absolutely this has impacts on ability to attract employees — that the length of time that jobs are going unfilled after being posted is getting longer is just one demonstration of that. The expanding use of automatic and self-checkouts is another.” Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff said he believes there are 15 per cent more people than recorded by Statistics Canada, adding that’s where a lot of the city’s financial problems come from, having to provide services for people that aren’t officially on the books, and hence aren’t counted when senior levels of government hand out transfer payments.
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