Official Languages committee Thank you very much. I believe the federal government could play a much bigger role with entrepreneurs. We have economic development agencies in the regions. In ours, it is ACOA. Earlier, someone mentioned secondary and tertiary processing. There are federal organizations, parti
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee Yes. Absolutely. The participation rate is very high. We have an unemployment issue and a labour shortage at the same time. In 2015 we're looking at over 3,000 unfilled jobs in Moncton, and we have to fix that. We're trying to fix it, but it's very challenging because of the baby
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee The only thing I can say is that I believe you were there when a number of federal government investments were announced for the Acadian Peninsula. It is not quite true to say that the federal government has not invested in northern New Brunswick.
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee I agree with you that there has been much more economic activity in the south-eastern portion of the province than in the north.
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee Well, I think it's clear. Moncton is the economic driver of the province. It's driven primarily by entrepreneurship. Generally speaking, I think if you look at Moncton you see that it's been a success story because of the entrepreneurial spirit of the community and a great supp
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee I agree in part and I will explain why. First, I agree that people have left northern New Brunswick and have moved to the south-eastern part of the province. This is because there are high quality jobs and Acadian educational institutions there. However, people do often also at
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee I am not denying that. I simply wanted to say...
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee Sorry, could you repeat the question?
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé
Official Languages committee I think, at the end of the day, the question of economic development is not about language. It's really about economic opportunity and a sound business plan. We have, in greater Moncton, a number of organizations like the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick, which has its hea
May 13th, 2014Committee meeting
Jacques Dubé