MONCTON, N.B. -- New Brunswick's Liberal leader says he would introduce a youth employment fund in hopes of stopping the flow of young people from the East to the West if his party is elected next month.
Brian Gallant says the fund would provide six-month placements including training and work experience for unemployed people between the ages of 18 and 29.
He says the program, modeled after a similar fund in Ontario, would ultimately give young people the skills they need to find full-time jobs in the province.
Gallant says a Liberal government would subsidize 1,500 placements a year at a cost of $7,800 per placement.
