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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Government Pledges To Create 20,000 Jobs

(Premier Shawn Graham addresses Enterprise Saint John roundtable discussion)
(photo by Tamara Steele)

The Premier is promising to create 20,000 jobs if his government is re-elected in September.
Shawn Graham laid out his plan at a roundtable discussion with Enterprise Saint John, it includes holding spending to 1 per cent.

He says if re-elected they will create 15,000 jobs in traditional sectors but 5,000 jobs will be in the new sector that are identified as high-paying.
Graham says the high-paying jobs are in telecommunications, energy and in modular fabrication.