Good Jobs, Green Jobs:
Exploring Opportunities for Newfoundland and Labrador

While the world’s economies are facing recession (with natural resource and manufacturing sectors among the hardest hit), leaders in all sectors in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeking solutions for a sustainable recovery that will provide long-term benefits for the people of our province. The emergence of the green economy provides a key opportunity to achieve this goal by generating high-quality, local jobs that cannot be out-sourced, while addressing a range of public policy and community objectives including greener infrastructure, poverty reduction, labour market development, education & innovation, youth retention, rural renewal, and sound stewardship of our environment and natural resources (including wise use of our vast energy resources).

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