PC Leader Jamie Baillie

PC Leader Jamie Baillie: I laughed out loud at Bruce MacKinnons Sept. 19 cartoon of PC Leader Jamie Baillie gulping down Viagra in an attempt to fulfil his pledge to increase the population, according to The Chronicle Herald. Theres nothing wrong with encouraging immigrants, but what about encouraging young couples already here to raise families and Nudging up numbers But the cartoon has a grain of truth in it. A simple way to increase the population is for Nova Scotia to make it easier for young families to raise children. Incentives could involve a baby bonus; affordable child care and housing for every family based on ability to pay; increased number of family resource centres to help stressed parents; and family-friendly employment flexible hours, part-time work with benefits. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.