Quote: Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Sour grapes is defined as wanting something but because you are denied it you say to yourself oh well it was probably not worth having anyway. In my case I want Newfoundland and Labrador to reap the benefits of her natural resources and if we can't have it then others be damned. It works for your province of Alberta...why not for other provinces?
Your definition,certainly not mine.
My definition of sour grapes is more along the lines of somebody who moans and complains about being gainfully employed.
You just happen to feel the geographic location of your employment is a huge and unjust burden.
Maybe its not sour grapes...perhaps it's more sniveling.
Quote: How about Alberta and Ontario punt out all the Maritime workers , refuse to admit any new ones, ramp up the foreign guest worker system in a big way and refuse to particpate in funding an unequal transfer payment system(the welfare teat as you put it)?
Would that make you happy?
Trex for prime minister! Another great idea for building a strong country. Lets throw our own to the wolves and bring in grossly underpaid foreign workers to fill our factories and businesses. It would certainly put more money in your coffers. As for transfer payments, I've already stated my opinion on that. Let us fulfill our own growth potential on the east coast and those transfer payments will become a thing of the past. That would make me happy. It's all about fairness.
Thanks for the vote of confidence mt_pockets1000.
Perhaps you could take up a fund raising campaign on my behalf.
If so please stay in touch.
But I digress.
It appears you do not know sarcasm when you see it.
Just in case you missed the point of my above quote.
It was supposed to be sarcastic.
To clarify your apparent confusion..
What I REALLY was getting at was this:
A) I am opposed to foreign guest workers if there is any possible way of employing local Canadians.
B) I think maritimer's are great workers.
C) If you happen to be opposed to Ontario and Alberta funding "the welfare teat" as you so subtlety put it please contact your federal MLA and register your opposition to unequal federal transfer payments.
Quote: You seem like one of those " poke a gift horse in the eye with a stick" fellas to me.
The gift is yours my friend...in the form of our sons and daughters. I certainly don't feel like I've received any gift. Anything I've received I've worked damned hard for. I could just as easily have worked in the US or any foreign country but I prefer my own country. It's not a gift but a privilege.
Pfffffft.
Big deal.
You work hard and pay taxes.
Do you actually think that people should be impressed by this unique ability?
Please take a moment to cry on my on my shoulder.
Or not.
Quote: As an Albertan I can say that it has been an honor to work with those incredibly hardworking "Newfies" and "Bluenosers".Not only is Alberta lucky to have them, the fact that they retain their great sense of humour in adverse and difficult conditions make them a joy to work with.
How condescending.
How condescending of you to claim what I said was condescending.
I meant what I said.
I think maritimer's are hard workers with a great sense of humor.
Alberta and Ontario are lucky to get them.
Quote: Perhaps you should head home and build an empire that can employ at higher wages than those offered in Ontario and Alberta.
How sarcastic! Our fearless leader Danny Williams was just re-elected with a landslide victory. Just watch the change over the next 10 years. You just might need those foreign workers after all.
Indeed it was sarcastic.
But a grain of truth lurks within.
As we say in Alberta "suck it up princess".
You could, of course, always go home if the conditions you labor under are too cruel and unjust.
As to Mr. Williams.
His job is to the best he can for his constituents.
I wish him well.
I really do.
It probably is none of my business as an Albertan
But aren't offshore resources owned by the Federal Government?
I have no problem with any particular province taking control of the adjacent offshore resources.
But shouldn't that same province then fund the navy that patrols those waters?
The coast guard?
Search and rescue?
Weather forecasting?
Fisheries research and administration?
Environmental monitoring and cleanup?
And on and on.
Do British Columbia, Nova Scotia,Quebec,PEI and the NWT, Ontario get the same deal?
Or just YOUR province?
Cheers,
Oh by the way.
Please keep your nose to the grindstone.
The rest of the country needs those hard earned tax dollars.
