{"id":59019,"date":"2015-08-14T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59019"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:54:58","slug":"new-brunswick-premier-places-blame-on-federal-government-for-unemployment-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/14\/new-brunswick-premier-places-blame-on-federal-government-for-unemployment-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick premier places blame on federal government for unemployment rate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Brunswick Liberal Leader Brian Gallant (Photo from Gallant’s official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SHIPPAGAN, N.B. \u2013 The leader of New Brunswick\u2019s official opposition is telling Premier Brian Gallant to grow up after Gallant laid blame for the province’s rising unemployment figures on the federal Tories.<\/p>\n

The premier made the comments after a speech to members of his caucus gathered for their summer retreat in Shippagan, N.B., on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The province\u2019s unemployment rate has jumped from 9.<\/p>\n

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6 per cent in May to 11 per cent in July.<\/p>\n

Gallant said that\u2019s due to what he called the federal Conservative government’s failing strategy to grow the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made it very clear that we think the current federal government has had a bad plan for the Canadian economy and we\u2019ve seen that not only in New Brunswick, but in many provinces across the country,\u201d Gallant said as he spoke with reporters outside the Shippagan campus of the Universite de Moncton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just kept along with the same plan that was failing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The leader of New Brunswick\u2019s Opposition Progressive Conservatives was quick to attack Gallant\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

Bruce Fitch said Gallant needs to be mature and accept full responsibility for the province\u2019s employment numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was in Opposition everything was David Alward\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n

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Now that he is in government everything is Stephen Harper\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe needs to grow up,\u201d Fitch said in a statement about the 33-year-old Liberal leader.<\/p>\n

Rob Moore, Conservative candidate for Fundy-Royal, said in a news release on Thursday evening that Gallant has an agenda opposed to the development of natural resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe… approach to the economy is devastating \u2013 higher taxes, record deficits, and a moratorium on the development of our region\u2019s bountiful resources,\u201d he said in an email.<\/p>\n

He argued that Harper\u2019s plan to keep taxes low is the best route to create jobs and grow the natural resources sector.<\/p>\n

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Gallant said the province is trying to attract a number of projects that could create thousands of jobs as early as this fall, but he refused to provide any details.<\/p>\n

He is also calling on federal leaders to support the Energy East pipeline project. The proposed $12 billion pipeline project would enable western crude to reach refiners and export terminals in Eastern Canada.<\/p>\n

Gallant \u2013 who has been a major promoter of the plan \u2013 said it could create thousands of jobs in New Brunswick and provide a much needed boost to the economy.<\/p>\n

Prior to the premier\u2019s speech, an Ontario regulator released a report critical of the pipeline that would end in Saint John.<\/p>\n

The Ontario Energy Board says the environmental risks of the $12 billion project outweigh the potential benefits, and warns it will drive up natural gas prices in Ontario.<\/p>\n

The board\u2019s report will form the basis of Ontario\u2019s position when the National Energy Board holds hearings on Energy East, expected sometime in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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