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2000 October Report of the Auditor General of Canada

October 2000 Report—Chapter 11

Exhibit 11.7—No Creation of Direct Sustainable Jobs—St. Martins Beautification Society Inc., New Brunswick

The objective of the project was to assist in the construction of tourism facilities in St. Martins, New Brunswick with a view to connecting communities to the Fundy Parkway and thereby helping to develop the Fundy National Park. This project was part of an overall development project headed by the province of New Brunswick through the Fundy Trail Development Authority.

The project received over $80,000 in TJF contributions in 1998-99, although no direct sustainable jobs were to be created by the project itself. However, HRDC estimated that indirect permanent seasonal work would be created for 26 to 60 persons.

HRDC claimed that the project created 34 jobs. However, these 34 jobs correspond to the number of employees who worked on the overall Fundy National Park project and not directly on the St. Martins Beautification Society Inc. project.

Source: Departmental records