New Brunswick Government: Ruggeri

Government Revenue Dept: Joe Ruggeri, the former director of the Policy Studies Centre at the University of New Brunswick, said there will be increased government spending, but not an increase in government revenue, as more people retire and aren't replaced in the New Brunswick workforce, according to CBC. In Alberta, they don't have the problem because they have already had a lot of in-migration from the younger people from other provinces, including ours, going to Alberta." New Brunswick government services will be put under increased strain as baby boomers continue to retire and not enough babies are being born in the province, according to an economist. "We don't get the same immigration push here that they get in the rest of Canada, Ruggeri said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.