Housing crucial to jobs, council told
Business leaders are sounding the alarm on the need for more housing as Brockville council prepares to make a key decision on a controversial development.
In a letter to council that specifically cites the Phillips Cables project, the St. Lawrence Corridor Economic Development Commission warns as many as 700 new jobs are at stake if more housing is not built quickly.
“Our labour force analysis highlights a full-employment economy. Typically, this would be a good news story – but has a negative double edge,” notes the correspondence to council, signed by Charlie Mignault, the organization’s commissioner, and Shelley Bacon, head of Northern Cables and the commission’s board chairman.
