nties of Prescott and Russell stay ahead in
re race
May 2014
| BusinessWorld | 39
ollectively, the forecast seems
bleak.
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But if the fortunes of the United Counties
of Prescott and Russell are forecast
separately from some of their other Eastern
Ontario brethren, Stephane Parisien insists,
things don’t lookquite soominous.
“Ours is a unique situation,” said Parisien,
Prescott and Russell’s chief administrative
officer.
“For certain counties it’s not as bad as
others. We’re in what I’d call decent shape
and we’ll be OK. But there are other places
who’ve got only one year’s worth of reserve
funds yet, and, after that, they’re going to
reach a point where they simply can’t keep
up.”
