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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.