TABLE OF CONTENTS
22. Local, Regional and Provincial Economies
22.1 Existing Environment
22.1.1 Labrador North Coast
22.1.2 Other Areas of Newfoundland and Labrador
22.1.3 Environmental Assessment Boundaries
22.1.3.1 Labrador North Coast
22.1.3.2 Other Areas of Newfoundland and Labrador
22.1.3.3 Administrative Boundaries
22.1.3.4 Technical Boundaries
22.1.4 Methods
22.1.5 Existing Conditions - Labrador North Coast
22.1.6 Existing Conditions - Other Areas of Newfoundland and Labrador
22.1.6.1 Upper Lake Melville
22.1.6.2 Western Labrador
22.1.6.3 Eastern Labrador
22.1.6.4 Labrador Straits
22.1.6.5 Labrador
22.1.6.6 St. John's
22.1.6.7 Newfoundland and Labrador
22.1.7 Likely Future Conditions - Labrador North Coast
22.1.8 Likely Future Conditions - Other Areas of Newfoundland and Labrador
22.1.8.1 Upper Lake Melville
22.1.8.2 Western Labrador
22.1.8.3 Eastern Labrador
22.1.8.4 Labrador Straits
22.1.8.5 Labrador
22.1.8.6 St. John's
22.1.8.7 Newfoundland and Labrador
22.2 Environmental Effects Assessment
22.2.1 Federal Revenues
22.2.2 Provincial Gross Domestic Product
22.2.3 Employment and Incomes
22.2.4 Provincial Revenues
22.2.5 Spatial Distribution of Environmental Effects on Economies
22.2.6 Stronger Local Economies
22.2.7 The Subsistence Economy
22.2.8 Economic Diversification
22.2.9 Consumer Spending
22.2.10 Standard of Living
22.2.11 Inflation and the Cost of Living
22.2.12 Local Government Finances
22.2.13 Decommissioning Effects
22.2.14 Accidental Events
22.2.15 Cumulative Environmental Effects
22.2.15.1 Labrador North Coast
22.2.15.2 Upper Lake Melville
22.2.15.3 Western Labrador
22.2.15.4 Eastern Labrador and Labrador Straits
22.2.15.5 St. John's
22.2.15.6 Newfoundland and Labrador
22.2.16 Optimization of Socioeconomic Effects
22.3 Residual Environmental Effects
22.3.1 Construction
22.3.2 Operation
22.3.3 Decommissioning and Post-Decommissioning
22.3.4 Accidental Events
22.3.5 Follow-up Program
22.4 References
Appendix 22A Environmental Effects Assessment Synthesis Valued Environmental Component: Local, Regional and Provincial Economies
LIST OF TABLES
Table 22.1 Iron Ore Shipments (Millions of Metric Tonnes), 1990-1997
Table 22.2 Mineral Exploration Activity, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1981-1997
Table 22.3 Selected Economic Indicators Newfoundland and Labrador, 1992-1997
Table 22.4 Gross Domestic Product by Industry-Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996p
Table 22.5 Potential Environmental Effects
Table 22.6 Federal Revenues, Voisey's Bay Project
Table 22.7 Total Project Summary of Employment and Income Effects
Table 22.8 Environmental Effects on the Project on the Provincial Treasury($M)
Table 22.9 Summary of Residual Environmental Effects
