Provincial Liberal leader Brian Gallant says Conservative leader David Alward is putting all his economic eggs in one basket with shale gas when SWN Resources has said there’s only a ten per cent chance there’s enough to make it commercially viable in the province.
He also brands the argument Alward is making about the Energy East pipeline not going ahead without shale gas as “absurd”.
“Sad” is Gallant’s reaction to being attacked over shale gas by Alward when he spoke to the Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Gallant charges Alward is the only New Brunswick Premier in 40 years who has not created jobs during his mandate.