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Originally Posted by Slava
We should have them open for tender, and really if companies from elsewhere are winning with cheaper bids and the like should we hire locally and pay more?
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It absolutely matters when the NDP has explicitly stated that infrastructure spending is to create jobs.
Alberta NDP expects to create 100,000 private sector jobs over three years
Deron Bilous, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, told reporters 50 per cent of the new jobs forecast will be a result of the government’s infrastructure stimulus plan. Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the NDP’s jobs plan will create permanent positions.
“There will be construction jobs. There will be service industry jobs. There will be technical jobs,” he told reporters before tabling the budget in the legislature. “If you’re making investments in your businesses through tax credits or getting money from people through tax credits and you’re going to be expanding your business, I anticipate that those will be full-time, quality paying jobs.”