If I understand correctly, you want me to give you more details on why Moncton has succeeded as a municipality.
As I said in my presentation, Moncton had to face some challenges, among them the closing of Eaton's and of the CN shops. In the end, entrepreneurs in the region had to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and establish a plan. Mr. Colford has just said that an industrial strategy is needed in the northern part of the province. I come from northern New Brunswick myself. I was born in Bathurst and I know a bit about the situation in those regions. First of all, you need a plan.
Without a plan, any road will do, right? At the end of the day, you need to have a plan. You need to know where you're going.
Moncton has succeeded through the spirit of entrepreneurship. The private sector took charge and laid out strategies. It took the lead and guided the economy at a time when it was weak. There were a lot of job losses; almost all the businesses on Main Street in Moncton were closed.
We quickly realized that one of our assets was bilingualism, meaning there was a huge pool of bilingual labour in the Greater Moncton area, which includes not only Moncton but also the neighbouring community of Dieppe and all of Kent county. The whole south-east of New Brunswick had a bilingual workforce.