Editing Miramichi, New Brunswick (section)

==Economy==
The Miramichi area’s economy is primarily focused on mining, fishing and forestry. Other sectors include tourism, customer contact centres, manufacturing, and the provincial and federal government. The service sector is the city's largest employer.  The two best known call centres are the [[Canadian Firearms Program]],<ref>accessed 26 June 2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20220626143811/https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/rpp/2007-2008/rcmp-grc/rcmp-grc05-eng.asp</ref> and the [[Phoenix pay system]].<ref>accessed 26 June 2022, https://web.archive.org/web/20190314151102/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-phoenix-pay-heart-problem-1.4264936</ref>  The region has recently experienced the closure of several wood mills causing many residents to migrate west. Since the oilsands boom in Alberta, many Miramichi residents split their time between the oil fields and Miramichi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/16/miramichi-oilsands-alberta-working-poor_n_6335842.html|title=THE 4,000 KILOMETRE COMMUTE<br />How the struggle for a living wage gave rise to Canada's own temporary migrant workers|author=Sunny Freeman|date=16 December 2014|work=HuffPost|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>

The [[Repap]] paper mill (between the Anderson and Miramichi Bridges) was purchased by [[UPM (company)|UPM]] in 2000,<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/how-repap-survived-25-years-of-fiscal-scrapes/article769534/ G+M: "How Repap survived 25 years of fiscal scrapes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104191003/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/how-repap-survived-25-years-of-fiscal-scrapes/article769534/ |date=January 4, 2016 }}, 30 Aug 2000</ref> and was later closed in 2007 because of economic pressures in the North American forest industry and subsequently demolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulpandpaper.net/NetLetter/ThreeG/12282007.asp |title=UPM Permanently Closing Miramichi Mill, Also Removes Finnish Capacity / Pulp and Paper Network |work=pulpandpaper.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115144943/http://www.pulpandpaper.net/NetLetter/ThreeG/12282007.asp |archive-date=2014-11-15 }}</ref> A closed Weyerhauser OSB mill at Morrison Cove was subsequently purchased by Arbec, a Quebec-based company and the mill re-opened in 2013 producing OSB products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/weyerhaeuser-s-miramichi-mill-closed-permanently-1.677042|title=Weyerhaeuser's Miramichi mill closed permanently|date=June 4, 2007|website=cbc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/weyerhaeuser-sells-miramichi-mill-1.1156499|title=Weyerhaeuser sells Miramichi mill|date= January 13, 2012|website=cbc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-mill-reopens-after-almost-6-years-1.1156496|title=Miramichi mill reopens after almost 6 years|date= November 2, 2012|website=cbc.ca}}</ref>