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Originally Posted by redforever
And would Calgary be as sustainable if the parasites were not employed by various companies or businesses in Calgary? Those businesses are providing sustainability to Calgary, no matter who they employ. If the workforce those businesses required was available in Calgary, why are they hiring from parasite communities? Viable businesses are a huge benefit to Calgary.
I guess you might have to enact hiring policies for businesses in Calgary. I am sure they will be only too willing to go along with that.
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What are you talking about? Businesses don't give a damn where employees live, they just care about whether or not they can show up at work. No businesses are going out and actively recruiting from bedroom communities, they're recruiting from the entire pool of people who are willing to make whatever trip is required to get to work. They can live in Vancouver, it simply doesn't matter. If people had to live in Calgary to work in Calgary you'd see a pretty massive migration of people to Calgary. Some businesses could move out, but for most that's simply not feasible. Besides, the entire concept would be completely impossible to implement in reality.
And what does this have to do with the usage of the infrastructure of the City of Calgary? If you choose to take a job that requires you to utilize the infrastructure of another city why shouldn't you have to pay for it? I don't think Calgary is at the point where it's a major issue, but it will need to be addressed in the not too distant future.
BTW, anyone who honestly believes that the economies of cities like High River and Okotoks aren't highly dependent upon the economy of Calgary needs to give their head a shake. Take away the bedroom communities and Calgary suffers a minor impact. Take away Calgary and those communities all but die.