Please, someone defend this idea. I want to know that there is possibly a sliver of sanity behind it
Please, someone defend this idea. I want to know that there is possibly a sliver of sanity behind it
Hydro pfft. Privatized that cash cow, it's a big ****ing joke, worked at Nuclear plant for 8 years. Did about 2 hours max of actual work every 12 hour shift. Slept, watched movies, bbq'd, cart raced, worked out, then would leave 4 hours early most of the time. Actually probably the best job in my life. The quote that goes on around there a lot is "hide and seek (from boss) for a grand a week". Plenty of **** all getting done over there, and it's partly why our bills keep rising.
I had a service call to a gen plant and they gave me a safety man because they had to by rules. When he saw there was absolutely no danger to me he went to the lounge and read a newspaper on overtime. If anyone checked the books there was a safety man.
My brother was taking some computer courses and another student was an injured hydro worker. Due to his injuries he had to be re-trained for other work but he was two years from retirement. He took expensive courses for two years while on full salary and then retired. If he didn't take the courses they wouldn't have paid his salary. He would have preferred to just sit at home saving hydro $30K.
There was an elevator at one plant that NEEDED an operator. You couldn't just push the buttons yourself. Except when the operator was at lunch. Then it was OK to push the buttons.
If it didn't cost so much it would be funny.
I've done time at the Bruce, Ontario Power Generation Nanticoke and recently Grand River Samsung solar farm. It's true as stated above. Anybody who sets foot on the premises is handsomely rewarded. Stories of cost over runs in any project that's government funded are legion. Can that not be fixed? Is the answer private ownership without reduced rates and profits tax dodged off shore?
Seems like the federal and provincial governments are both in a new trend of 'seeling one time public asesets' to patch their budgests without thinking about the fuuture. Kicking the can down the road for whoever that needs to deal with it later.
Conservatives also sold GM. Youre not doing anything amazing when you balance your budget by selling what we have acquired over the decades!
I believe in its entiretyHydro pfft. Privatized that cash cow, it's a big ******* joke, worked at Nuclear plant for 8 years. Did about 2 hours max of actual work every 12 hour shift. Slept, watched movies, bbq'd, cart raced, worked out, then would leave 4 hours early most of the time. Actually probably the best job in my life. The quote that goes on around there a lot is "hide and seek (from boss) for a grand a week". Plenty of **** all getting done over there, and it's partly why our bills keep rising.
unfortunately thats the problem with govt jobs and union jobs... salary guaranteed.. this is not the case for private sector... you want pay..WORKK 200%.
instead of selling 407.. if we had leased it.. we would have still owned it.. we still would've had a big *** wad of cash.. and the lease would've had a maturity date.. meaning we would be in control again.... but NOOO we had to sell it.. now look at the toll costs. i am not saying this is the only solution or even the best.
but considering our current fiscal condition.. its the best COMPROMISE solution... if efficiency is your answer then i suggest you(all of us) get off that pot and smell some fresh air.. in GOVT sector thats simple not happening.