{"content":[{"text":"Indicators of Prosperity \n Technical Report \n 2014","bbox":{"left":0.399886,"top":0.061,"width":0.20013699999999995,"height":0.055859000000000006}},{"text":"The Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA) states:","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.147707,"width":0.584986,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"4 (1) The long-term environmental and economic objective of the Province is to fully \n integrate environmental sustainability and economic prosperity and to this end to","bbox":{"left":0.149647,"top":0.20104,"width":0.669405,"height":0.037637000000000004}},{"text":"(a) demonstrate international leadership by having one of the cleanest and \n most sustainable environments in the world by the year 2020; and","bbox":{"left":0.208464,"top":0.253465,"width":0.5788829999999999,"height":0.037636}},{"text":"(b) provide certainty to all sectors of the economy through the Government's \n economic development strategy entitled Opportunities for Sustainable \n Prosperity and establish clear environmental goals while improving the \n Province's economic performance to a level that is equal to or above the \n Canadian average by the year 2020.","bbox":{"left":0.208464,"top":0.306078,"width":0.6008040000000001,"height":0.08990900000000002}},{"text":"Background: Why Indicators?","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.419396,"width":0.252787,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"The government gauges progress of the Nova Scotia economy over time and how its place \n changes within the Canadian context. Environmental and economic progress have complex \n and ambiguous interdependence.","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.453806,"width":0.7148100000000001,"height":0.05505999999999994}},{"text":"Indicators were selected for each of the domains based on the following questions: \n  What do we have? \n  What is it producing for us? How well are resources used? \n  Is it sustainable over time?","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.523528,"width":0.6480649999999999,"height":0.07581800000000005}},{"text":"A working group screened indicators on the basis of the following criteria: \n  readily available and updated periodically \n  easily compared to Canada and other provinces \n  able to show long-term trends \n  contain valid and reliable information \n  make sense to the general public","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.613831,"width":0.5852350000000001,"height":0.11293900000000001}},{"text":"A number of very significant challenges were encountered in identifying and selecting \n appropriate indicators: \n • Data that meets the ideal is very limited \n • Data is not usually updated every year \n • Data can be 2-5 years (or more) out-of-date \n • Important information is often collected at the provincial level and is difficult to \n locate, compile and do cross-jurisdictional comparisons \n • The most valid and useful indicators may be difficult for a layperson to interpret","bbox":{"left":0.141216,"top":0.741293,"width":0.688366,"height":0.142177}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}