The latest unemployment figures for the province are depressing and provincial Liberal Leader Brian Gallant claims the economic indicators don't look all that great over the next year.
He accuses the Alward Government of taking the lazy way out when it comes to across the board cuts in spending which Gallant tells CHSJ News ought to have been more strategic. He says the Liberals would invest more in education, starting with preschool and make post secondary more accessible, the goal being to turn New Brunswick into the innovation province.
Provincial Health Minister Ted Flemming says the Alward Government had to dig the province out of a huge financial hole created by the Liberals under then Premier Shawn Graham and that can't be done overnight or even in four years.
Flemming maintains the potential of natural gas in the province is incredible and then there's the west to east oil pipeline which is looking more and more likely so he's optimistic about how the future will play out.
Flemming goes on to say potential investors want to be assured the province is managed well and not virtually bankrupt.
