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"wmd" <wmd55ca@NOSPAMyahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:3FBE1B78.8030401@NOSPAMyahoo.ca...
> It's funny. What you say is a direct contradiction to that report which
> was released this week from Carleton University, saying that Atlantic
> Canadians are the hardest working, most satisfied, yet lowest paid
> employees in the country.
>
> http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/11/20/f107.raw.html
>
> It is unfortunate that you didn't experience this aspect of the east
> coast. We certainly are not big city minded, nor do many of us want to
> be. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing all depends on your
> perspective, I guess.
>
Well I am yet to meet one person on their death bed that wished they worked
more during thier life instead of spending more time with friends and family
and actually living instead of working.....

CoLoN pEe

> As for Ralph Klein, I didn't take offense to what he said. I think any
> "have" province should be very thankful, and it isn't a bad thing to
> want to maintain a good economy and balanced books. I took his comments
> not as a slight to NS in particular, but rather expressing relief that
> Alberta wasn't in the same economic boat as NS.
>
> wmd
>
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>
> buddy wrote:
> > You are wrong sir!
> > My wife and I moved to Halifax from Vancouver 1 1/2 years ago. We came
for
> > a visit for a few weeks, and thought it was so nice we decided to live
> > here.
> > Well, now after living here, we have decided to move back to Vancouver.
My
> > job is good here, so it's not a money thing. We DO find the people very
> > small minded/small town. Politics are pathetic, It's very hard to do
> > business here, where "profit" is a dirty word!
> > People here want to be thought of as a real city, but that's a joke!
It's
> > very rare you meet someone who DOESN'T drink, or gamble, or who doesn't
> > think playing the 6/49 is a part time job. Trying to find a solid hard
> > worker, who want's to work for the company instead of just their
paycheck is a
> > nightmare as well. So, I say if you want to be treated like a real city,
> > act like a real city.
> >
> >
> > gman99@canada.com (gman) wrote in
> > news:a82f1ece.0311210349.3da8ffe@posting.google.com:
> >
> >
> >>Ralphie is up to his old tricks...rambling on about how superior
> >>Alberta is. Gee, I wonder where we might be if we had exlcusive access
> >>to all the oil and gas Alberta has. Klein is almost as much of an
> >>idiot as dubya....not hard to wipe out a debt when your money comes
> >>spewing from the ground...
> >>
> >
> >
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