[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally posted by CaramonLS+Sep 22 2004, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CaramonLS @ Sep 22 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Fair enough.

So what would you rather have:

- someone you pay a full wage to that is going to go back on UI after 6 months of work or,

- someone you can pay half the wage to, that you can send home when work is completed?

Language won't factor in either, as neither speak Enlish anyways, b'y

For a Business Owner I would opt for the cheap labour of course.

But speaking as someone who is not a Business owner and I want the country to get the most benifit out of the oil sands project I would much rather employ people who are going to spend the money here.

I would prefer not to outsource too much... i have a hard time feeling sorry for businesses who have to pay a couple extra dollars an hour to local people so they only have a 299 million dollar profit margin rather than a 300 million dollar profit margin.

Now citizens of another country who plan to immigrate here or start a new life here I would not have a problem giving the jobs to. [/b][/quote]
Dude, it's not a matter of a million dollars. The major cause of Syncrudes ongoing cost overruns on their expansion is due to labour shortages for skilled workers. Yes they have had other problems, but the point is that they, along with other major oil sands projects are overrunning by the BILLIONS of dollars, not one or two million. Sure, we can keep the money in Canada by not hiring foreign workers, but that may mean that the projects never go ahead and we see no benefit.

You have to look at both sides before you decide that it is just a greedy company trying to save a million bucks, these are real problems for the company, the province, and the country as a whole.