[Maritime Q-Scout]

Seriously, if there are any oil execs reading this, here's an idea that'd help you out I'm willing to give away for free, as well it'd help my fellow people (ie: Cape Bretoners)

Go to Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford, and North Sydney put on a information fair about what work out in Alberta is all about. Show them how lucriditive it can be for the laid off steelworkers, and coal miners, and you'd get them taking a serious look at it.

If it's a temp position you need, most of them are in thier 40's (those who didn't meet the pension requirement) so they'd be there 5-10 years to finish off their working years, and then move back home (or possibly stay).

I know that Cape Bretoners have a bad reputation for being lazy, as they always want government handouts (mind you same thing out west is given the rhetoric of being a subsidy) but no one ever realizes that it's because they want the subsidy so they could mill steel, or mine coal (coal mining isn't really a lazy occupation) so you will get a hard working labour force that's willing to put in the time to get the job done right (as being a coal miner you get it wrong the roof falls in).

Just a thought, unemployment there is VERY high, and people don't really understand what "Out West" is all about. I know that lost of money can be made in the tar sands, but I don't know how to go about getting a job there, where to look, who to contact, as that info isn't in our faces, isn't in the paper, etc. It should be.

Put adds in the Cape Breton Post, hold an info session in the before mentioned towns, and watch your labour shortage shrink.

Just a tip from your freindly neighbourhood Scout (not just for hockey anymore) :P