I complained about it first

I did. I was way ahead of the curve.

Months ago, I was fuming that the federal government and the province of Ontario went halfsies on a generous gift to General Motors. How generous? Four. Hundred. Million. Dollars.

Now that GM have announced that 3900 jobs will be cut in Canada, opposition parties have caught on and started yelling. Why is this only a crisis when opposition parties smell irony? After all, that sum could pay 80,000 annual university tuitions. GM promised 600 jobs, and some vague plan to involve an Ontario university in engineering projects. Anybody up for a photo-op?

So here's an idea. Lets stop measuring money in dollars and start asking "how many tuitions is that", or, "how many cutting edge autism treatments".

So that's my new tag line, my claim to fame: I complained about it first^tm.

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One question Canadians haven't been asking is, I wonder how Paul Cellucci is doing? The former US ambasador to Canada has written a book. He's showing up right here in Edmonton on his fabulous book tour. Paul, I'd sugget staying out of BC. Just a thought.