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IHN0ZXdzLCB2ZWdhbiBjdX <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css"><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-fa= mily: Calibri; } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:= 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New= Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: = underline;} span.EmailStyle17 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1F497D= ;} .MsoChpDefault { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; } @page WordSection1 { margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">But in my 80 years John good jobs are e= asier</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">to get now than at any time I can remem= ber.<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">You need skills of course but we have p= lenty of schools<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">and one of skills most in demand is the= skill of going<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">to work every day. And working when you= get there! even<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">if it results in a bit of sweat ! Good = luck if you want a plumber !<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Justin can't solve that skill!<br/>= </span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the last of fall<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] -->On December 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM John and Nhung <nhu= ngjohn@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div class=3D"WordSection1">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <div>=20 <div>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal">I'd like to= add that 'industry' is not a prerequisite for jobs. Humans are per= fectly capable of employing (and organizing) themselves.</p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d;">Hmm =E2=80=A6 good point =E2=80=A6 but =E2=80=A6  all= too often easier said than done, with an indigestibly long lag period, and= greater challenges in semi-rural N.S.</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d;">Then there are the various economic contractions in the ar= ea over the past few years: the call centre, the downsizing of the Michelin= plant, the shrinkage of the Sobeys office=E2=80=A6 The area is hurting.= 60; That mill isn=E2=80=99t going anywhere, tomorrow.</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d;">I would love to see the damned mill shrink to a more envir= onmentally-friendly operation (or even disappear), but with all the economi= c challenges in the area, maybe the first order of business should be to en= courage new, sustainable and otherwise locally appropriate economic activit= ies in the area.  In my experience, people are more inclined to tighte= n their environmental belts if they have other economic options to go for= =E2=80=A6</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d;">Sounds like a job for Justin, Navdeep, and company, not ju= st the province  =E2=80=A6</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d;">Worth pushing for?</span><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; fo= nt-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"></span= ></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"= color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-s= ize: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">-Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth</p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:39 AM, David <<a= target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a= >> wrote:</p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Dear All,</p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">    Usually I side with industry b= ecause without jobs everything will be gone with the wind. But their presen= t treatment plan is little more than a rerun of the deplorable Boat Harbor = fiasco. Instead of dumping their wastewater in Boat Harbor they plan to dum= p it in the ocean. Since when is dumping a treatment ?</p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">    There was an article= in the Chr. Hrld. explaining why a closed cycle treatment system was not p= ossible and it was just so much golbedygook and lame excuses. I looked into= the corporate structure on Northern Pulp a few weeks ago and doubt that th= ey have the technical expertise to innovate a remedial treatment of their w= astewater. </p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal">