(U-N-B Saint John Vice-President Dr. Robert MacKinnon)
(File Photo)
David Ganong, who chairs the New Brunswick Business Council, is concerned about the effects an aging population will have on the provincial economy in the future.
Universities are already dealing with fewer students to choose from. Student enrollment at schools in District 8, which is made up mostly of Saint John, has been getting lower and lower for years now.
University Vice-President Dr. Robert MacKinnon says U-N-B Saint John is trying to get around that problem by going out of its way to attract international students and is apparently working with the numbers increasing this year.
Ganong says another problem is that jobs are available in the province but the people who have the proper skill sets are not.
