This is a ridiculous situation. These are not career jobs, these are transitional jobs, usually part time, with no long-term future. Unionization of such work is absurd.
Tim, Tim, Tim... It seems you need to cough up an article like this every so often, just like a cat needs to cough up a hairball every so often.
"World-class" is quite a common term, just like "employer of choice" or "leading edge". They are all equally meaningless, just like "sustainable" or "environmentally friendly" or, dare I say, "progressive". Such are the vagaries of language.
It seems clear your problem is any city or region that tries to change or grow or be different from what it currently may be. Why that is, you fail to explain in any coherent way. Instead you continue to flagellate the same old dead horses that seem to consume you. Really, Tim, you need to move on. Either that, or run for office using this as a platform, and be done with it.
I think I hear Kyle Shaw calling up HIS lawyer right now: "Hi, yeah, could you do up one of those standard "We apologize for this Tim Bousquet article" letters for us? Oh, and does this qualify us for that quantity discount on those that we talked about?"
The work of an award-winning journalist, ladies and gentlemen. Watts is always on the wrong side of any issue, but she is compatible with the writer's political views, so she gets a superstar rating despite her ineffectiveness.
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"World-class" is quite a common term, just like "employer of choice" or "leading edge". They are all equally meaningless, just like "sustainable" or "environmentally friendly" or, dare I say, "progressive". Such are the vagaries of language.
It seems clear your problem is any city or region that tries to change or grow or be different from what it currently may be. Why that is, you fail to explain in any coherent way. Instead you continue to flagellate the same old dead horses that seem to consume you. Really, Tim, you need to move on. Either that, or run for office using this as a platform, and be done with it.