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M<strong>on</strong>ey Management Impacts<br />

• Identified as a likely impact in all <strong>of</strong> the envir<strong>on</strong>mental assessments<br />

d<strong>on</strong>e for diam<strong>on</strong>d mines in the NWT; northern Ontario (Victor diam<strong>on</strong>d<br />

mine) and Labrador (Voisey's Bay nickel mine);<br />

• Increased wage income can lead to excessive c<strong>on</strong>sumerism and<br />

increased debt load [31].<br />

• Increased wage income has been linked to gambling addicti<strong>on</strong>s which<br />

creates family stress and <strong>of</strong>ten the addicti<strong>on</strong> lasts even after the mine<br />

closes or the worker stops working at the mine [5];<br />

• Workers who finance large purchases have difficulty making payments<br />

when mines temporarily close down or prematurely shuts down [18].

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