Why did the government become concerned about the quality of life of residents of Newfoundland's outport settlements in the mid-20th century?
What will be an ideal response?
Outport communities were sustained primarily by fishing, and because transportation between outport communities was primarily by boat, they were isolated in the winter months and during storms.
Services such as education and health care became too uneconomical and inefficient to bring to these communities.
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