A new round of layoffs at Radian 6 are not good news in a province where jobs are hard to come by.
Salesforce,
the company's parent company, announcing it's cutting 200 jobs to its
global workforce, more than 60 in New Brunswick.
Premier David Alward was asked about it while in the City and says the information was not confirmed for him.
NDP
leader Dominic Cardy says the layoffs were yet another indication that
the economic development ideas of the Alward government and the Liberal
opposition need to be scrapped.
Meanwhile, the premier says
significant accountability mechanisms are in place between the province
and any company that has received payroll rebates and he has full
confidence that the companies will live up to their responsibilities
under the agreement.
Just
over a year ago, Radian 6 received a $3.8-million payroll rebate offer
to help create 300 full-time jobs in Fredericton and Saint John over
five years.