So Much For so Few

Living in a very active area with Blue Mountains near Collingwood, and Bruce Nuclear near Port Elgin and all the spillage of activities that these businesses create.

Although this on the surface appears to be nothing but good for the local area, however this is not the case so I will continue this Blog " As I See It"

When I was just a boy the Nuclear Plant opened and with all the unions involved ,Wages , Real Estate and the cost of living increased.

Then Intrawest made its claim to fame. Intrawest was going to give 10,000 people in the area work- What they neglected to mention is: 99% of these jobs are in the service industry= minimum wage.
They would create a monster. They would setup this big tourist area, with skiing all winter and golf and water sports in the summer.
They also forgot to mention the down side. Sure with this industry a lot of money would flow, but the people working and living in this area would never hope to afford to be anymore than servants to the wealthy tourists that would flock to the area.
Minimum wage cannot survive when Real Estate more than doubles, cheap leisurely recreation now can charge outlandish prices, even taking that away from low income.
When Obama was campaigning about universal health care in the United States, he made reference to Middle Class residence in that country. In the same breath he said people making under $200,000.
These are the people that benefit from this environment, not the lower class $20,000 to $30,000 families working 2 or 3 jobs waiting on the wealthy trying to keep food and clothing for our family