“There was more to do when we were young than there is now.” – Charles Borieu and Bud Williams, Cheticamp, NS

“I’m getting old enough to retire. A lot of people born in the ’50s are getting of age, and they’re getting out. And so I think that’s where you get the big change in business.” – Craig Sievert, Halifax, NS

“My son is 23, he’s out west. Doing well, may I add but still, he’s not here.” – Floyd d’Entremont, West Pubnico, NS

“Bathurst is quiet at night.” – Stephen Brunet, Bathurst, NB

“The small businesses didn’t have the money to push through all those years of hard times.” – William Thompson, Saint John, NB