EI

MR. SPEAKER: The Leader of the Third Party.

MS MICHAEL: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

The bottom is falling out of the economy of rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Cuts to EI and ACOA, cuts to federal jobs and programs, will devastate an already fragile rural economy.

NDP Leader Lorraine Michael (MHA, Signal Hill – Quidi Vidi) continued to question government about the future of the province’s Regional Economic Development Boards (RED Boards) in the House today.