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Mainstreet NS | Dec 3, 2012 | 7:07

John Bragg on building our new economy

This week we're talking with all the members of a new provincial commission. It's job is to make sure the whole province benefits from big economic opportunities. John Bragg is the president and CEO of Oxford Frozen Foods. We recorded this interview with him earlier today.

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