Finance committee  The single ask I would have of the budgeting process and this committee would be to expand the local immigration partnership program to include yet a wider context of a beta model. I think $1 million to $1.5 million in a beta program, built around Fredericton's local immigration

Finance committee  Sure, and respecting the fact that you aren't going to let me talk about the airport, I won't mention the airport more than three or four times. The two things are quite simple. The first would be the educational infrastructure and support around what I will call the knowledge

Finance committee  To add to that, there's a bit of a perspective that I think is important to understand, particularly at a budget level. To plagiarize a statement by President Kennedy, you need to focus on the tide, and the tide will lift all ships in the harbour. The reference I'm making is that

Finance committee  From the ICT perspective, currently there's somewhere in the magnitude of 3,000 jobs going unfilled in the province of New Brunswick right now. That number changes weekly because, obviously, people come in and out of the job market but it's holding about the same, it's around 3,0

Finance committee  Thank you. Good morning. As Dave mentioned, we appreciate the opportunity to be here. I'm the CEO of Ignite Fredericton, but also Knowledge Park, the only research park in eastern Canada. I also hold the position of president of the Association of University Research Parks, and