Over the last few weeks i have been pounding the pavement looking for employment as my former employer has undergone some very hard times, as i have searched for my new golden meal ticket. I have traversed the corridor between West Toronto and East London Ontario, what i have found has been disturbing. Without actually taking a count, the number of empty and abandoned facilities looked to me to be around 1 in 3 of all facilities in the area. Friends who are working in the area have expressed concerns over there own job security, and the local papers have been reporting more layoffs than major hirings of late. Is this the early signs of recession? or worse? and aside from Alberta is this playing out elsewhere in the country?