Actually, the figures Mr. Page was referring to are taken directly from the Finance Canada model. For those numbers, we used the definition used by Finance Canada, the rural ratio used by Finance Canada, where the proportion of the population between the ages of 30 and 44 with post-secondary education that is participating in the labour force of a province is compared to the rural proportion of the population.
On November 25th, 2009. See this statement in context.