Conservation Council of New Brunswick applauds Premier-designate Brian Gallant for recent announcement on job creation

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FREDERICTON – Premier-designate Brian Gallant has pledged to grow the provincial economy by focusing on innovation-based entrepreneurship and making it easier to get the research currently underway at our universities and tech incubators out into the world.

“We applaud this approach and support Mr. Gallant in his drive toward creating new jobs and supporting innovation. Innovation-based job creation strategies open the door to green technology, and our province and its citizens will benefit,” said Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.

“We agree with Mr. Gallant’s priorities, and we’re eager to see what our universities and research centres can accomplish when we together focus in on our opportunities to grow a clean economy,” said Corbett. “And what’s more innovative than pursuing one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global market — renewable energy, energy efficiency, and clean jobs.”

“Projects like retrofitting old building stock and encouraging renewable energy projects would have a meaningful – and lasting – effect on our economy. We know the members of the New Brunswick Jobs Board will seize these opportunities and position our province as a leader.”

New Brunswick has some of the oldest housing in the country — a retrofit, rebuild and renew program focused on this sector has the possibility to create thousands of construction and trades jobs, said Corbett.

Media contact:
Jon MacNeill, Communications Officer
jon.macneilll@conservationcouncil.ca506-458-8747

 

 

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