Northern New Brunswick's Titan of Forestry: Jean-Claude Savoie

Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick-based Groupe Savoie is a thriving forest products business with sawmills, pallet production facilities, a pellet manufacturing plant, and other operations across the Maritimes.

The company is one of the largest private-sector employers in northeastern New Brunswick with more than 500 employees and it generates more than $150 million in annual sales.

Today on the Insights podcast, Don and David talk with Jean Claude Savoie, who founded the company with his father in 1978.  They discuss a wide range of issues including building a successful business from a small community, attracting and retaining immigrants into a rural area, family succession planning, and much more.

Jean Claude was inducted into the JA New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame in 2010.

The Insights podcast combines the experiences of an economist, David Campbell, and a social scientist, Don Mills, to explore the challenges and opportunities facing Atlantic Canada, promote data-driven decision-making among policymakers, and encourage a wider dialogue and debate leading to greater prosperity for the region.

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