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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Board of Trade on Provincial Budget
















  (President of Saint John Board of Trade Imelda Gilman)
(Executive Director of the SJ Construction Ass. Pat Darrah)
                  (Photo by Jim Hennessy)

President of the Saint John Board of Trade gives the Provincial Budget a passing grade. Imelda Gilman tells CHSJ News, her major concern is the ballooning deficit. Pat Darrah is Executive Director of the Saint John Construction Association and tells CHSJ News, he is more worried about what Finance Minister Bryne didn't say in outlining how they plan to pay down this huge deficit.

Darrah adds construction was a big reason the southern half of the province wasn't hit hard by the recession with over 10,000 labourers on the job this year.