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Sudbury hit by brain drain (Sudbury, June 23, 2005) Article Source: Northern Business Journal Greater Sudbury was one of the biggest losers when it came to the number of university-educated people heading south, a national report revealed. A report released by Statistics Canada named Sudbury as one of the three Canadian cities that lost the most educated young people. Regina and Saskatoon were the others. The report, which reflects on the changing urban landscape in Canada, compiled data from 1996 to 2001. The report found that many of the smallest cities lost most of their educated people under age 30 to larger urban areas. Sudbury lost 4,473 university graduates and gained only 581 people during the period. The vast majority of those people moved to Toronto and Ottawa, the report indicated. Ron Lange, an economics professor at Laurentian University, reviews Sudbury’s labour market on a monthly basis. He said the trend of outmigration continues in Sudbury, and should be a warning sign for troubles ahead. The city has to concentrate on what carries the economy — the mining and technology industry, said Lange. More retail stores won’t entice university-educated people back to Sudbury. Sudbury will continue to lose its young people in the next few years, but “hopefully at a declining rate,” he said. “To turn that around, we need to have something else going on here.” In 2002, Sudbury lost 221 youths between 18 and 24 years old; in 2003, another 123 left. Data for 2004 will be released this June. Last year there was a “rebound” in Sudbury’s economy from the previous two years, but there’s nothing happening now to sustain that, said Lange. The mining sector and other related industries shape Sudbury’s “economic base” and those areas “don’t seem to be growing.” For more information contact: Name: Liz Cowan
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