does everyone know that? lol

qualify your posts
- Dozzer

After that and with Glucky's other posts re: the oil fields...does he want to work in it...or own it?

what are these things?
- senstroll

People that can buy a lot of hookers and lift kits.

When is a 5 game win streak not a 5 game win streak???


When it's the leafs.
- burn

this

Its not as bad as people imagine most of Alberta. You can still buy really nice houses for 3-400 000. Calgary and Edmonton are worse of course. Ft.Mac is off the charts though. Don't stay there unless you have to. I'll be starting at Horizon next month and im fly-in/fly-out camp work. Its the only way to go, especially when even just renting a room in Ft.Mac can run upwards of 900 a month.
- sanfordnson

Yeah, Toronto and the GTA are similar in costs...London is actually a little high for realestate too actually(not comparable to Toronto, but still)...I believe I read that most houses in the London area were overpriced by close to 20% and that these prices would slowly come down. That said, I bought my house 4 years ago, made several improvements, and cant even sell it for the price which I bought it for. Sigh.

After that and with Glucky's other posts re: the oil fields...does he want to work in it...or own it?
- Woderwick

HEY! YOU'RE NOT A JEW!!!

REFRAIN FROM JOKING PLEASE

People that can buy a lot of hookers and lift kits.
- sanfordnson

one can dream

HEY! YOU'RE NOT A JEW!!!

REFRAIN FROM JOKING PLEASE
- Dozzer

My dad was a designated import here in Toronto.

After that and with Glucky's other posts re: the oil fields...does he want to work in it...or own it?
- Woderwick

is his last name Rothschild? Alex Jones assured me that they already own everything anyways.

depends on the kind of work

very little in the way of manufacturing and labour

between london's industrial tax rate and the obsessive need to be unionized no one will set up shop here.

for medicine, engineering, insurance, etc type work there is lots.
- Dozzer

yeah I guess this is true...but we've had high rates of unemployment for quite some time now, and with the recent Kelloggs closure etc, it aint getting better.

is his last name Rothschild? Alex Jones assured me that they already own everything anyways.
- sanfordnson

Gluckenstein Rothschild...nice ring to it.

My dad was a designated import here in Toronto.
- Woderwick

Hey, we were all imports at one time or another. Just different years for different family lines.

really?

i'd have thought London would be one of the easier places in Canada to find work.

that only means so much though. Moncton historically has one of the better unemployment rates in Canada, but the wages are poo.

southern alberta seems to have tons of work, great wages, and afforadable living (- Calgary)
- joel878

yeah...well I know my buddy went to work in Alberta, shacked up in lower living standards for awhile just to bank as much cash as he could and come back to Ontario...says youll just blow all your cash on living costs etc if you were to try and live up there...unless of course you're making 6 figures or more

yeah I guess this is true...but we've had high rates of unemployment for quite some time now, and with the recent Kelloggs closure etc, it aint getting better.
- Colin Dambrauskas

I read recently that manufacturing is actually starting to get more and more expensive in places like China and Bangladesh, and that once it gets to a certain point they will start manufacturing in North America again and reduce their transport costs. No idea as to the truth of it, but I thought it was interesting.

Hey, we were all imports at one time or another. Just different years for different family lines.
- bixll

My dad is Polish/Ukranian, but grew up in the Kensington market area as a kid and went to Jewish schools in the area.

I read recently that manufacturing is actually starting to get more and more expensive in places like China and Bangladesh, and that once it gets to a certain point they will start manufacturing in North America again and reduce their transport costs. No idea as to the truth of it, but I thought it was interesting.
- sanfordnson

No, they'll probably just move on to another 3rd world region with lots of unskilled laborers who just want a steady wage.

They've been doing it for a while... once the countries they're in improve enough, they just ditch everything, and open up new factories somewhere else.

In south america, locals actually keep running those factories for themselves.

Despite all the crap globalization causes, over the long run, a lot of 3rd world areas are left with infrastructure decades ahead of what they'd have on their own. Up to them to figure out what to do with it.

Are living costs not much greater there though? From what I hear, making 80k in most areas of Alberta doesnt equate to much when you consider taxes/living costs etc.
- Colin Dambrauskas

I thought stirring coffee in Alberta started at $80k?

I thought stirring coffee in Alberta started at $80k?
- Garnie

Kadri's ice time last three games: 20:18, 19:54, 19:11...hasnt had that much ice time in back to back games in awhile.

yeah I guess this is true...but we've had high rates of unemployment for quite some time now, and with the recent Kelloggs closure etc, it aint getting better.
- Colin Dambrauskas

here's the thing that unions have forgotten

their number one job is to protect the worker.

if that means accepting smaller salaries so the worker can stay employed then they should push for that.

in todays job market, employment is in demand, not labour. therefore a labour union is actually an anchor. The reason being is that labour rates, especially in manufacturing, are simply too high to be sustainable.

you cannot pay someone to make corn flakes 30$ an hour when kellogs competition is paying their labour 12$ for the equivalent product.

sorry folks.. doesnt work.

I read recently that manufacturing is actually starting to get more and more expensive in places like China and Bangladesh, and that once it gets to a certain point they will start manufacturing in North America again and reduce their transport costs. No idea as to the truth of it, but I thought it was interesting.
- sanfordnson

I dont see it happening anytime soon...fact of the matter is, they have far too many more employees to compete for wages, thus keeping them down.

Big truck license.
H2S is a course you take for working with sour (hydrogen sulfide) gas, which is a good idea since it can quite realistically kill you.
- sanfordnson

Only a wimp would get killed by that stuff

here's the thing that unions have forgotten

their number one job is to protect the worker.

if that means accepting smaller salaries so the worker can stay employed then they should push for that.

in todays job market, employment is in demand, not labour. therefore a labour union is actually an anchor. The reason being is that labour rates, especially in manufacturing, are simply too high to be sustainable.

you cannot pay someone to make corn flakes 30$ an hour when kellogs competition is paying their labour 12$ for the equivalent product.

sorry folks.. doesnt work.
- Dozzer

10.25 is minimum wage here in Ontario.

you can hire a full factory crew for that in 3rd world countries. And in terms of purchasing power, they might even be getting paid better than their Ontario counterparts.

here's the thing that unions have forgotten

their number one job is to protect the worker.

if that means accepting smaller salaries so the worker can stay employed then they should push for that.

in todays job market, employment is in demand, not labour. therefore a labour union is actually an anchor. The reason being is that labour rates, especially in manufacturing, are simply too high to be sustainable.

you cannot pay someone to make corn flakes 30$ an hour when kellogs competition is paying their labour 12$ for the equivalent product.

sorry folks.. doesnt work.
- Dozzer

yep


..and Im waiting for the government to get off this hiring freeze which they're working through...also to do with unions...going to wait till everything quiets down again before stepping in as I dont feel like getting hired and then fired 6 months later because jobs were cut again.

Patrick Roy: "Two weeks ago in Toronto I thought they were going to trade everybody. Now they're talking about winning the Stanley Cup."

Patrick Roy: "Two weeks ago in Toronto I thought they were going to trade everybody. Now they're talking about winning the Stanley Cup."
- Pecafan Fan

Lol.... Ya that's toronto fans for Ya...