It also contains a number of previously announced targets such as boosting education levels, raising wages to national levels and increasing the population to 850,000 by attracting more immigrants and keeping more young people.
New Brunswick should also work to become an energy hub in the Maritimes, Graham said, and develop an energy cluster with the goal of entering the global sector.
The province hopes to enhance competitiveness through productivity improvements and diversification.
New markets should be targeted to promote tourism and cultural sectors, and investment will be made in strategic infrastructure.
Work will also be done to attract new national and multinational firms to the province.
The ultimate goal is to move New Brunswick to the point it becomes a "have" province, Graham said.
Volpe derides plan for lacking of specifics
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Volpe said New Brunswickers want specific initiatives with timetables to measure the government's progress.
Mark Arsenault, president of the New Brunswick Forest Products Association, said he liked the plan overall because it talks about increasing productivity, diversification and competitiveness in the forestry sector, but he also wants some specifics.
"They are talking about the right elements, so hopefully the answers will come very soon. That's what we're looking for," he said.
Dave Plante, vice-president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, said he wants changes in taxation and regulations for industry, but didn't expect specifics in the government's plan.
"It's a long process to make these kinds of changes," said Plante. "There's legislative changes that have to be made and it takes a lot of work to move an entire regulatory regime, but we'll be looking very closely to make sure we're seeing some concrete actions taken over the near term and not the long term."
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There are no measures in the document to chart progress made in the province but Graham said national statistics will help determine if New Brunswick is meeting the sufficiency objectives.
If it isn't, the premier said, he is prepared to change the plan's parameters.
"One key overall measurement is hope," Graham said. "As government, we need to provide hope for the future but that hope must come from within."
New Brunswickers must embrace the plan if self-sufficiency is to be achieved, he said.
"Parents, businesses, entrepreneurs, public servants, workers and all New Brunswickers have a stake in this process. By working together, I am confident we will build a better New Brunswick."
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* Work diligently with our resource-based sectors to enhance competitiveness through productivity improvements and greater diversification.<br />
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* Target new markets and use new approaches to promote our tourism and cultural sectors, engage consumers, excel in customer service and enhance the visitor experience.<br />
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* Create a competitive business environment that will encourage entrepreneurial activity, investment, innovation and growth while managing our economic, social and environmental resources for sustainability.<br />
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* Invest in strategic infrastructure that will drive transformational economic development.<br />
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* Develop and execute a strategic plan for approaching existing national and multinational firms to expand and to recruit new firms to locate in New Brunswick.<br />
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* Establish New Brunswick as the region's energy hub, a leader in energy efficiency and a world-class producer of goods and services for the global energy sector.<br />
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* Focus on a number of technology clusters and priority core technologies for support through the development of partnerships and strategic alliances, education, training and recruitment of highly qualified personnel, and investment by outside sources.<br />
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To transform our workforce we will:<br />
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* Make the strategic investments required to ensure that every child arrives at kindergarten ready to learn.<br />
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* Ensure that each and every child leaves Grade 5 having mastered the tools to learn -- reading, writing and numeracy, and that they graduate from high school having had the opportunity to discover their personal strengths and to find something they love doing and create a post-secondary education system that is student-focused, highly integrated and capable of preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow.<br />
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* Promote a culture of continuous learning in our workplaces and communities.<br />
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* Work aggressively with our partners to create opportunities for all New Brunswickers to participate in our economy.<br />
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* Increase our population to 850,000 through a comprehensive plan to retain and repatriate New Brunswickers and recruit immigrants to our province.<br />
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To transform our relationships we will:<br />
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* Ensure that public engagement is meaningful, effective, collaborative and sustainable so that citizens can be active participants in governance.<br />
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* Move forward with the historic Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and New Brunswick Relationship Building Bilateral Agreement to address effective governance, social justice and economic sustainability for our First Nations communities.<br />
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* Bring a new spirit of collaboration to our relationship with business and labour to remove barriers to productivity and trade and promote economic growth.<br />
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* Strengthen the non-profit sector and promote the respect and recognition the sector deserves.<br />
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* Build co-ordinated, active and mutually beneficial partnerships with the Government of Canada and provincial/territorial, state and international governments that are focused upon achieving self-sufficiency.<br />
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To transform our government we will:<br />
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* Focus on more effective and efficient means of managing and delivering health care and dedicate the resources required to drive a cultural shift toward wellness and healthy living and to empower patients to better manage their own care.<br />
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* Put citizens and businesses first in the delivery of public services and revitalize our public service by investing in our employees and creating more opportunities for career development.<br />
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* Work to make local government more efficient, effective and representative so that all New Brunswick communities are better able to contribute and benefit from the self-sufficiency agenda.<br />
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