Fuck you, Nova Scotia
I’m sick of it.
I’m a 27-year-old Haligonian, north ender, diploma graduate of the Human Service: Disability Supports and Services Program at NSCC, currently enrolled in online courses via Cape Breton University to obtain a Bachelor in arts and community studies and overall a fucking steal of a human that you should be begging to stay in your province.
But you’re not.
You’re being a fucking douche. Every time you’ve taken to a soapbox in the last year has done nothing but add to the list of reasons why I want to get the fuck out of this province.
I know I am extremely fortunate. I’ve found a career before 30, something I am passionate about, something I love doing and I’m good at it. I also happen to be a minority within my field—a male support worker in the disability supports field—but you don’t seem to care Nova Scotia.
You’d rather make my tuition…whatever the fuck CBU wants to make it next year.
You’d rather I bid farewell to my friends, family, Nova fuckin’ Scotians who planted seeds in our shitty soil because there was a viable living to make in our film industry here.
You’ve charged me the highest power rates in my country.
You’ve got the best post-secondary education options on the planet, and you use it as a revolving door.
So I’m out. Fuck you. I’m going out west because my girlfriend and I will collectively make double what we would make here in a year. Yup, I’m dead serious, DOUBLE MUTHER FUCKAS. And since you’ve taught me how to look for the best deal my whole life, since you’ve gave me so many constant examples of what poverty looks like, what living off of assisted income looks like, what blatant racism looks like, I’m taking the money and I’m running. And I’m taking one of the best teachers you’ve produced with me. Yup, my girl’s a teacher. We could both get work here—I’m working full-time right NOW—but fuck you. She’s got a locked-up contract out west, we’re just waiting for you to hand over your precious MSVU BeD. Then we’re out of this bitch.
You’re probably thinking, “Who the fuck is this guy?”
I’m the guy who is going to go clear my debt out west, save up to buy some shitty soil from you and get to business making change. I wish I could skip the paying-debt-off part, but you offer me no means of doing that in a timely fashion. I don’t want you to know me personally, because my entrance will be slightly refined upon return, but currently I’m electing myself the voice of the pissed off.
If you’re a politician in my province: Fuck you, do better. I know Megan has our back, but if I had to guess, I’m sure she’d admit she could do better. But at least she’s in the ring.
If you’re a young citizen here, GO VOTE YOU ASSHOLE. GET A FUCKING OPINION THAT MEANS SOMETHING. Life isn’t that fucking hard guys, get your shit together and vote. It’s the only way to make change happen. If you don’t like the candidates, become one. And still vote for the lesser asshole of the bunch while you’re not a candidate.
Fuck the Irvings, NS Power and all you rich motherfuckers who are killing my beloved Scotia. Stop turning my province into a retirement destination. PLEASE BE OFFENDED OLD PEOPLE. If you want us to teach you how to use the computer, stop giving me anxiety about taking care of you, your kids and my kids when I’m 45.
Fuck you Nova Scotia, I love you so fucking much and you just keep ignoring me, so I’m breaking up with you. Hopefully you can mature while I’m gone, and see that it was you who needed to change. Not me. I’m fucking awesome, and I’m going to go do what I love for the pay I deserve, somewhere else. —Parental Discretion Advised, Halifax
Correction
Last issue’s cover story about the Nova Scotia Liberals’ PR troubles (“Haters gonna hate,” by Jacob Boon) quoted Barbara Emodi, who was described as an MSVU assistant professor specializing in political strategy and government communications. It turns out Emodi is also a former caucus communications director for the NDP, which might help explain both her academic expertise and her criticism of the Liberals. We are sorry this relevant bit of work experience wasn’t included in the story.
This article appears in May 21-27, 2015.
Amen.
You can leave, we don’t need any more entitled egotistical pricks in this province.
OoooOoOOOoOooOO, 27, with a DIPLOMA *gasp*, doing ONLINE studies at CBU for Bachelor’s in Arts, back the fuck up for this guy, he’s our future. Clearly you’re unaware there are people almost 10 years younger than you doing the same thing, or better, with their lives. You earn a job, it’s not handed to you just because you took some course. Tell all the poor people across this province and country why you’re worth so much more than they are.
Cry me a fuckin’ river, I’ll build your bridge to the-fuck-out-of-here.
I left NS 7 Years ago. I miss it, pros and cons. I have done much better in Toronto than I know I would have in the same financial field back home. But that being said, I had enough money to buy a condo on my own when I graduated with an entry level job. Don’t be a douche, and only bitch. Good luck buying a house out west. I went to University with another douche who said he was going to move out west, move back with cash and buy a house. 7-10 years later, he’s still paying rent as expensive as hell. Although I don’t live there now, I would like to say on behalf of my fellow Scotians, DON’T LET OCEAN BREEZE HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT MOTHERFUCKER
I am 25 and a working professional in Nova Scotia who was actually fortunate and driven enough to get employment well above the average salary without even completing my degree. Toot my horn? No… it takes hard work, determination and actually earning a place or even building your own spot here. I see your frustration, but honestly you deserve minimal salary so you can focus on your real skills and not your bank account. The large companies you mentioned not only reinvest back in Nova Scotia but truly do make it a better place. I suggest you look at stats and not your feelings when writing something like this. An informed and educated argument is much better than one based on emotion. Sorry dude
I left Nova Scotia and came to Edmonton 11 years ago. Best decision i ever made. Will i ever return to the wasted land of misopportunity? Quite simply…no fucking way. For what? The struggle of my life. You can have it, i’m doing just fine here in Edmonton. Strongly agree with the statements made in the above article.
These comments are retarded.. He’s speaking for obviously a lot of frustrated Scotians who’s desire is to stay in the province but can’t because in this fucking province it’s not what you know.. It’s who you know. The fact that you have to be so driven to find a job here is retarded.. For example I know somebody who graduated an electrician from nscc and still jobless because.. “Nobody wants a first year apprentice” on the other hand I know another person in his class got an telecommunication job because his uncle worked there. Now might I add the jobless person excelled in this electrical program finishing with a high 80’s average.. This province is shit but yet I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.. Why? Because my whole fucking family is from here.. So for all you people living comfortably with your career in Nova Scotia be fucking considerate to the probably 65% of youths struggling to get their foot in the door because they don’t have a uncle who can hook them up.. Great article I hope this gets the attention it deserves.
I’m born and raised out west. The grass is always greener…
I lived in your beautiful province for a year some five years ago and it’s pretty amazing. Even considering the move back.
You may make more on your income taxes out west, but you’ll also pay more for housing, insurance, and medical. The oil industry is crashing and with it so many other industries. Your provincial government is no different from ours. We’ve been promised tuition cuts only to have them skyrocket. The government says they’ll look after our environment, right after they pillage it for oil and water to make their pockets fat.
The whole system is fucked. Not just Nova Scotias.
Good riddens my friend. To make it work here takes a great deal of tenacity. No doubt you will pay off your debt in half the time making twice the money and if that’s the priority than nobody could argue your decision to leave. Nova Scotia is riddled with stories of financial distress and hardship and your story is nothing new. Many a great, well educated person has had to leave this amazing place to gain experience only to return to make themselves marketable in NS. It’s truly unfortunate that the attainment of post secondary education has been equated with a sense of entitelment and an aire of arrogance that assumes that a person gets to stay in the maritimes simply because they are educated. To make it here takes more than education. It takes guts, it takes time and it takes commitment. Hopefully you will mature in your ventures out West, learn to appreciate what Nova Scotia is and what it stands for, and someday be able to return to this magnificent place to enjoy the very best of what Maritime life has to offer. And if not, well I guess Alberta or BC will benefit from your education. But, in the meantime, please realize that every second Nova Scotian has achieved post secondary education of some kind, and here, in the Maritimes, it takes much more than that to survive. Nova Scotians are amongst the most resilient people I know. I am blessed to be one of the educated people to return to NS after being away for 7 years. Your education isn’t over! I hope that you get the opportunity to return someday. But please understand, the people, who are Nova Scotia owe you nothing! You owe them! Go, prove yourself worthy of living here like the rest of us have had to do and you will complete your education and maybe be lucky enough to live here.
Sad but all very true. I moved to the Yukon almost 2 years ago. It was a very hard thing to do.. Leaving behind my family and friends, but I now live a much better quality life, have a great job and get the wage I deserve. Here’s to hoping our beloved Nova Scotia changes for the better someday, hopefully soon.
Having a good laugh. If I had more time I would tear this post apart. I am a Cape Bretoner born and raised. Good riddance, go west see how their economy will treat you atm. Blame the politicians as much as you like but if you’re going to post an opinion piece, at least proof read it first.
Okay, that was a little rough.
Let’s be clear, I am in no way supportive of the current Liberal NS Government – in fact I have spoken out publicly in opposition – as a well known youth leader. However it is near-sighted, under-conceptualized pieces like this which have given Maritimers a hard rap. Instead of tarping IRVING and EMERA (two companies that provide the area with a much needed influx of employment and GDP), ‘hows about’ we get down to the real problems… let’s trash these hypocritical ideals of entitlement and green superiority and generate some industrial marketability. FRACK THIS PENINSULA. USE OUR RESOURCES instead of importing from other economies who carry out the dirty work…because soon enough the option won’t be there. I’m beyond sick of people complaining about our economy and simultaneously praising the west. WAKE UP. The west is going into the biggest (real) industrial/commercial recession of the last 25 years. For God sakes the NDP just won a Provincial Albertan Election.
If you want to change the way our politicians work, you have to at least be able to speak at their intellectual level (which isn’t very hard from my experience).
None the less, I refuse to over-criticize an opinion piece because I believe the East Coast of Canada is well behind the rest of NA when it comes to public expression. But at the same time I wish East Coasters would get the facts straight and their thoughts sorted out before posting pieces like this.
Thanks for the enthusiasm,
Proud Caper
ML
I am pretty sure there is a song about leaving Cape Breton in search of work and opportunity. This topic is not new at all. The problem is the lack of industry and the people who control those decisions. I do agree it is not what you know, but who you know in Nova Scotia. But no sense crying. Rather than wasting time being angry, use that energy to do something positive. If it means leaving, by all means leave, I finally did and my son is still there. (Hurts more than being broke) So rather than saying Fuck Nova Scotia, stop pissing in your own corn flakes. Smile and try your best to be happy. There is always someone who has it worse. I just lost both my thumbs, but I am still smiling, I still have fingers. Attitude is free and it controls your happiness, not money.
Lol what a joke. That’s all I have to say because that article is written by a selfish prick who thinks he is entitled with a bloody diploma? Lol!
Voting doesn’t change a thing except put a different group of pigs at the trough – all politicians makes promises that are only hot air – changing a government party does not change the way these people think – going out West might double your salary but the cost of life’s essentials is also more costly
And going out west is going to help your province become better?? Sure, you’re going to make more money but you’re going to pay more in housing costs too. And there is no guarantee that you’re going to have a job in 6 months out there either. Things go south in the oil industry and it’s bye bye jobs. Here’s another way to look at the situation:
http://maritimelove.com/2015/05/18/because-the-maritimes-are-worth-saving/
Good bye. You’ll fit right in out west. You think we owe you something. You think your special with your degrees and no experience. What about the people with all you have and years of experience trying for the same jobs. Have fun out west. We don’t need you attitude here. Your rude, and have no manners. May be why you cannot find work. You generation does not get you life on a silver platter. Best of luck, I wouldn’t want you rude ass as my therapist. Get out.
He’s not saying he’s entitled to anything. I bet he’s worked damn hard for his diploma. He wants to stay here, but the cold hard truth is Nova Scotia is driving people away.
This past election, a lot of people voted Liberal because they believed in the party, they believed in the policies and promises they put forward. Unfortunately the party didn’t believe in it’s self.
The point is not that this person has a diploma, or two, the point here is how difficult things have become. I am a single mom who works a job and a half to maintain a home for two teens and it is damn hard to make it here. We DO get taxed to death. We DO have crazy power costs. We DON’T get help when the banks do (while they make record profits). My kids miss me, I have to work such hours just to keep paying for a very old, very small home and an old car. I love Nova Scotia, and I take care of my parents who have serious illness. I see no hope in things getting better. They need more care, I need to work, my kids need money for schools that are nearly impossible to imagine paying for.
Not a bad idea. I saw Tom Joad and his kin loading up the truck just last week, says they’re hiring out west and wants to make a go of it since the banks took everything else.
To Michael Amiro, Did you even read this article?
This might have been somewhat interesting if you didn’t babble on calling the province a douche, and trying to make people feel sorry for you. You successfully created an article full of egotistical nonsense, and false statements.
With such an attitude, you will always find it hard, anywheres, to obtain employment and pay back student loans, if you’re expecting the province, government, or politicians to throw you a lifebuoy because you’re tired of swimming. Get a grip and have fun out west. Better brace yourself for the same shit in a different pile.
Maybe you should set sail for more north west, an island north of Nunavut, somewhere there isn’t wifi, so you can’t continue to pollute the internet..
Good riddance !!
Good riddance asshole
You’ll miss the trees, and the woods and seas, and you won’t like cowboy clothes.
I’m glad you got an excellent education because you sound like a FUCKING asshole…..You sound like you feel you’re entitled to a living, and all the perks. You’re not. You should take a lesson and work hard, love your community and do what’s best. I usually like rants but I found yours more than offensive, go west you shit and do us a favor stay there.
Instead of wasting my time writing about the person who wrote this article, seeing as I already wasted a few minutes reading it, I am going to comment to you, The Coast.
I enjoy your paper. I like the fact that it’s directed to the great residents and guest of our beautiful province and am extremely disappointed that you would waste print space on a guy like this ranting about how much he hates the place we call home.
The fact the he drops F bombs like It’s his job shows how respectful he really is as a person. Why give him the satisfaction of having his Letter to the Editor go to print? I am sure it wasn’t the only letter you received for this print issue, so why choose this filth over someone else’s letter.
I hope that this is simply a “one off” type of thing and your decision to print it was to mainly get a rise out of the rest of us, but for an region of the country that has seen some rough times over the past few decades why not try putting a positive view on things on not giving people like this a microphone to use while standing on their soapbox.
Head West young man, head west!
Please, please stay there.
Proud Nova Scotian.
Some of the comments on this thread illustrate the exact attitude that is preventing Nova Scotia from reaching its full potential. While he expresses frustration that many of his generation feel at starting a life here, others call him entitled for expecting to earn over minimum wage after investing his time, finances and hard work into education. Instead of questioning why opportunities for youth to enter the workforce are scare, you attack the person who expresses frustration.
I have an advanced degree. I make a good living here, I also realize that among my peers I’m lucky. I am one of only two left in this province from my graduating class. My fiance has a degree too, he has been laid off twice in two years as the companies he works for restructure due to the economic climate in Nova Scotia. This has left us with no financial stability as we try and pay off student loans and save for a rainy day.
In the past two years we saw the grad rebate that was helping us pay off our student debt, and work towards home ownership, eliminated. Then in the latest budget the government took direct aim at out of province and graduate students. I was, until graduation this spring, both. I took this as a message from the government of Nova Scotia that I was not seen as a contributing resident to this province, one who volunteers in her community and works at a non-profit that is working to alleviate poverty in Halifax. The government saw me as a cash cow to be milked, not someone that could stay and establish roots in this province.
We want to stay here. We want to work to make things better. We also want to have a savings account. We want to pay off student loans. We want to save for a house one day. We are 27 and 33, we might want to start a family one day. We do not want to financially destroy ourselves.
So, we have begun discussing moving out of province. I am from Ontario, and weighing all factors, the cost of living is less out there than here. While buying a house in Toronto is expensive, food costs are substantially lower e.g. 2L of milk in NS are the same price as 3 bags of milk in Ontario. Nova Scotia has the highest food insecurity outside of the north. Rent is about on par to Ontario, thanks to students driving up the price in Halifax.
So Nova Scotia, even though my fiance is from Truro and I would love to stay here, we, like the original poster, are reconsidering our turbulent relationship with you. For all those attacking him, perhaps you should question why your province is losing so many of its young people. It’s not because an entire generation is entitled, it’s because they are fed up.
But what do I know, I’m just a come from away, Upper Canadian snob, right?
Living in Nova Scotia ain’t easy. You have to love it, and if you have any sort of education, you have to be okay with the fact that you can make more money anywhere else in Canada. We have some of the best post-secondary schools in Canada, a ton of people get their education and think the’ll put roots down here. A job in NS is never going to pay as well as the same job in Alberta or just about any province because the market is saturated with educated individuals. You can’t throw a lobster without hitting someone who has some sort of post-secondary education. We are all in this boat together, but some of us have values above money.
But Nova Scotia Power is a scam, I’m with you on that. We have some of the least environmentally friendly power in Canada. It’s embarassing how much closer we are to Alberta in terms of contaminants per MWh than the champions like Quebec, Manitoba and BC. It’s privatized, they’re making good money, they have little incentive to change. We sold NSP, we made our bed, now we either need to sleep in it or buy NSP back.
More people leaving NS = More of NS for Me. Have fun in the oil patch, son.
Frustrated or not, reading this was a complete waste of my time. There are much classier, and eligant ways to discuss the current state of affairs in NS, as well as Canada as a whole. The language used actually shows a lack of education in my point of view – if you’re educated you can argue without it being full of foul language – it makes you seem like the lowest of low class person lacking any formal education whatsoever. Frankly – I’m fine that you leave NS. We true Nova Scotians are proud, humble and polite – it’s what we’re known world wide for being…. you to me are just a crass uneducated loser who’s trying to brag that a newspaper printed your rant. Congrats, you look like a jerk, not an educated informer.
While the letter is clearly laced with profanity I believe that that was done simply to raise attention to his points.
I don’t agree with everything written (as per the Irving comment) but all in all, it was and is great FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I am surprised that not more people said “don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out” as that is usually the response given to people who criticize what is going on and are frustrated with living in the province.
I think what the OP is saying……I tried…..my girlfriend and I can….but the effort is too frustrating and no longer worth it………somewhat akin to a bad relationship…..where you give it your all…..but it just doesn’t get any better….and ultimately is no longer worth pursuing or engaging in.
I wish you well as I understand where you are coming from.
I hope that after your time away, coupled with many new experiences, that you will have an opportunity to return to the province that you obviously love, and try to make the changes that are so desperately needed here. Unfortunately so many things are so entrenched that change will hardly ever be forthcoming which is too bad. Really too bad. We have a beautiful province and it continues to slide.
I find it surprising to see how many take this guys comments as entitlement. The truth is that Nova Scotia is a failing province in many, many ways. I am a proud Nova Scotian who will always call the province “home”; however, like the author of this comment and many others, was forced to leave following the completion of my studies. I went to Saint Mary’s in Halifax where i excelled, graduating near the top of my class. I worked my way through school to ensure minimal debt upon completion. I am a motivated, outgoing individual who would have loved nothing more than to find local work, but this was nothing short of a pipe dream. I searched for months to find work in my field (finance) to no avail. Growing frustrated with the outlook, my wife and I decided it was time to relocate. Our decision was Toronto… Within a month of arriving, I had landed a fantastic position in the Finance field, and my wife had similar success. Yes we pay a disgusting bill for our home, but power/heating is cheaper as with many other day to day expenses. I would say we are “lucky” but what does luck have to do with it. We had to leave home, abandon our friends and family. Say goodbye to our surroundings, pack up our lives, and for what? So that we can achieve the basic goals of enjoying steady employment with the ability to start a family? To be able to live without using government assistance or programs? Today I drove to work in my Range Rover, dropped my new baby off at her daycare, and enjoyed rolling up the streets without ruining my wheels on potholes. Yes, I am living the “dream”. It just kills me that it is at such a cost.
I dont think that this is so much the governments “fault” or that there is even a “fix”. What i do know that it is a damn shame. Individuals like myself (and the author of this article) put our time in, grow our brains, only to be take it all away from a province that could use it the most. If young people continue to leave nothing will be left but old folks, degenerates, and lower wage earners. No offense to those that work low wage jobs, but frankly it will take more than this to turn things around. Also, I am not suggesting that everyone deserves more than this. Some are very satisfied living a “basic” life. My biggest concern is that those who do take steps to a better future are not rewarded in NS. Those who do deserve more and have worked to EARN it, are not rewarded! Ultimately my goal is simple, work away for as long as needed so that someday I will be able to return. Until this time, I will throw on my Gucci shades, tailored suits, and drive in luxury waiting for my home province to catch up to the rest of this country.
regardless of the guys f bombs he is frustrated like 80 percent of the population that needs to leave cuzz the government is to f$5ked to do anything to keep anyone at home myself included i am stuck in ontario not by choice there is no jobs home and instead of doing something to keep us home they are just importing people from foreign counties to work for nothing basically cuzz its still a step up for them ..and we all need work and need to survive but how about keeping the people there that made it what was a kind caring place that were people stop as u cross the road for no other reason then to be kind and if we dont do something we will lose that and there isnt many places left in the world with the kind of people we are that would do anything in the world for a complete stranger just cuzz we feel they need the help.. example here in ontario they would much rather run you over as apposed to stopping to let you cross a road while holding a small child with two others in tow a place that will go out of its way to tell you to go f your self but cant seem to find the same courage to do something nice or help someone as a hole …a self serving heartless mentality …so i do agree with his anger..If none of us get mad for what is being stolen from us bit by bit we will lose what we all love forever and it will turn into another ontario …:( nobody want s that … and he justs want people to feel something to get mad be upset and realize why were mad at him and that is cuzz we do care about this place …and to take that passion and heart and make it do something to hopefully bring back the place we all love to where it was and not where its going …so he isn’t the most informed fellow on the planet ..and may have been able to find a more tactful why of expressing himself …yes but we should all feel a bit upset cuzz again as a whole we are not able to stay his and many others story rings true among many and at the end of the day it is sad and it is unfortunate.. and until we change the system as a hole this will happen everywhere but we are very passionate people and i feel we have the best chance at making a lasting change ..my hope is the right people will find each other and make a plan ..and if viable i will do anything in my power to make it happen and if enough of us do it all our small efforts will make a great effort ..here is hoping …..
This letter to the editor is so true that it hurts. And it speaks for those without higher education just as much as it does for those with less who are searching for financial stability and health; for those who are looking for a brighter future. It’s ironic that often the writers of comments who disagree with the thoughts and emotions expressed in the letter above will admit that it is difficult to make a good living in Nova Scotia. Those who do have stable employment, ie. government jobs or other government support, are reasonably happy and satisfied here; those who don’t feel it’s a struggle, every day and every week to make living in Nova Scotia.
We stayed. We’re rural Nova Scotians. I’m 57. I worked every day of 31 years to be able to stay here and raise my family here. So did my husband. Now I wonder for what? To make my children the good people that they are. Yes. To be near our families. Yes. But now? Pension? What’s that? Full bank account? What’s that?
Having our children nearby? It’s not a reality.
I know lots of older couples who are moving away because their children are away and are having grandchildren, and they want to be with family. The younger ones have had to leave, so now the older citizens are doing so, as well.
What will become of Nova Scotia if we don’t require the people looking for our votes to address the issues which have been going on for far too long. I’d love to stay here well into old age but I’m also thinking about what it would be like to leave if nothing improves. Nova Scotia, who really loves you? Who really wants to fix you? I wonder if anyone wants to fix Nova Scotia as long as money from the west keeps trickling into the province. Why create jobs, why take the time and effort it needs to fix this? That seems to have been the political attitude since at least 1980.
A lot of Nova Scotians are questioning what and where their future will be. Mr. Parental Discretion Advised, Halifax has spoken for a great many people who have already left and who likely followed some of those thought processes expressed in his letter and for many who are still here, wondering how they can get out of the financial decline they are in.
Newsflash : Your useless online diploma , lack of real life work experience , bad manners , overinflated ego and sense of entitlement won’t get you far out west or anywhere else for that matter . Unemployed , overeducated , lazy millennials are a dime a dozen these days . In this economy , to expect to be handed a good job with benefits on a silver platter just because you got an entry level BA is delusional at best . I’m a millennial too , but with no post secondary education , and I get along just fine being self employed and working in construction trades , something i’m assuming you know nothing about . I grew up in Cape Breton and understand poverty , struggle , hard work and unemployment are an unfortunate part of the ” East coast lifestyle ” , seems like you just dropped in from Ontario and fail to understand this reality . Even if you got your wish and the government gave you a million dollar ” thank you for existing ” cheque , you’d be one of the least deserving people in the province to get it . No one “owes” you anything , get over yourself .
I find it hilarious when Nova Scotians move out west for the “the wages we deserve,” conveniently in ignorance of the fact that incomes in Alberta/Saskatchewan are literally mong the highest in the developed world. Nova Scotia doesn’t under-pay so much as those places over-pay.
Plus, Halifax’s household incomes are much higher than Vancouver’s and Toronto’s, the employment rates are better, and the housing costs are lower. So you know, keep bitchin’. But the facts aren’t on your side.
Just the same in NB. My husband is a mechanic and has been for 20 plus years and the most he can make in NB is $25hr. We moved out west here too red deer alberta and he is now making enough that we can actually have money in a savings account. We have a much better life here that we could not get back east. Moving here was the best decision we could of ever made. Too sum it up what he payed in taxes here is what he would of made in a year back in NB.
Just in case you haven’t noticed. The schools you attended and received your degrees from were paid for by us, the tax paying residents of Nova Scotia. So while you say your goodbyes and turn your back on us do not forget the people who made your education possible. Hopefully sometime in the future you will have a chance to pay us back for what we so generously made possible for your future. Bon Voyage.
I think something a lot of people are missing about this post is who it is directed to. It isn’t an attack on local politicians, or on the baby boomer generation. It’s a call to action; a plea, if you will, to my generation to start creating change. This guy didn’t say that he was going to abandon Nova Scotia. In fact he said something quite different, “I’m the guy who is going to go clear my debt out west, save up to buy some shitty soil from you and get to business making change.”
The following is more a response to others’ posts:
This argument of millennials being lazy and born with a silver spoon, I find to be interesting. Lets say it’s true (even though statistical evidence indicates that it is actually the opposite). Laziness and a sense of entitlement are constructs that are learned, and usually at a young age. Simple logic would then dictate that these behaviours would, at least in part, be attributed to the parenting skills and styles of my parent’s generation.
Secondly, this concept of the “East Cost Lifestyle”, is the fundamental attitudinal problem here in Nova Scotia. Why are individuals proud of being impoverished, under-appreciated, and nationally marginalized? Is this learned helplessness; a feeling that we are unable to make change so we rationalize our situation to make it more palatable? I am a proud Nova Scotian but not for those reasons.
Thirdly, contrary to popular belief, the rest of the country is not out to get you, Nova Scotia. They’ve just become board with the constant complaining about how hard life is here. Our inability to find solutions to our problems, has caused them to simply stop paying attention.
Yes, my generation needs to get out and vote and start running for office. Yes, over education is an issue. Yes, post secondary institutions are partially (very small proportion) financed by “tax payers”. However, as Nova Scotians, as Canadians, we must come together to find a common ground. To use your experience and our education to find innovative solutions to our economic and social problems here at home. The solution is not in cutting funding to whole industries, nor is it in subsidizing post-secondary education. The solution is much more complex then that, and it’s imperative that we start to figure out just what it is.
From one frustrated Bluenoser to another, we must put our differences aside and start fixing our beautiful province.
Alberta is a “suffering” province right now too…lost jobs all around; I know because I live in Alberta…and I’m from Nova Scotia. Best of luck to you though☺
Okay, Nova Scotia may have its drawbacks, but Alberta isn’t the fucking land of opportunity as everyone makes it out to be too..unless your luck and get a high paying job, you are no better off there in most cases. And any educated person can get work regardless of the economy, its called being resourceful! You may not get the job you want off the bat, but its called working with what you are given. Just because your living in Alberta doesn’t automatically mean your working a high paying job. I live in Nova Scotia and live just fine..Why? because I looked into the economy and got an education based on demands in my area. And now I sit home in good ol Nova Scotia and take in Alberta money! and when I lived in Alberta with no experience, I got low end shit jobs!
So, this whining about how horrible it is to live in NS, well maybe just maybe your career you decided to take doesn’t have the proper demand in this province. Therefore, you were ignorant and got an education in field you had no hope of thriving in this province with. Instead, maybe look at the area your living in and see where the job demand is BEFORE you go to school if you want to live in province so bad.
Hit the nail on the head! Good for you. I too had to leave my beloved NS to move to Ontario to make a decent living for family. I have worked in Healthcare for over 20 years and would much rather be providing it to my fellow Nova Scotians. But making a living and paying some of the highest utility and taxes in the country makes it too difficult.
This is likely soon to be me as well. I’ve been banging my head against the HRSB red tape bureaucracy wall for SIXTEEN YEARS. The last six of which have been almost entirely day to day subbing. Now that my wife left me and I’m on my own (what a surprise! poor finances kills marriages) and just emerging from bankruptcy because that’s what it took to get rid of my student loans finally, sub pay isn’t enough to live on. And despite 16 years experience in the board (about 7-8 years solid experience if you squished all my terms/long term sub work down) I’m no further ahead or closer to a contract than I was when I first got my license in January of 2000. I love this city with a passion, I love this province, but I’m 42 and I love teaching and you won’t let me do what I am supposed to be doing.
To all the Maritimers, let me share you my story: This may/may not offend the other Haligonians but please try to explain how any of those things I am about to mention has really helped you or your province as a whole.
When I moved to Halifax in 2005, I moved in as an immigrant under investor category. I fell in love with the city instantly. The history, the heritage it holds, the people – all fantastic and cannot ask for anything better. But not just job, business wise, the province does not allow you to really grow that much or even allow you to open a business for that matter. I am not talking about a risky business that will harm the province than anything else but simple real estate business.
So, when I moved, the condition of the the immigrant category visa was that I had to invest $800,000 in NS. Great, done!! Now, I invested in real estate, so really did not create that many jobs. The reason why I chose real estate was because while my money is invested, I can learn about the city or province and then bring the equity out and invest in another business that will create jobs.
In one of the neighborhoods in the West-End, I had a property that was 150 years old. It was slanted 5% to the right. So, I decided to demolish and rebuild a brand new home. When I applied to the city for demolition, the city asked all neighbors to come to the hearing. In the hearing, all neighbors voted against rebuilding a new house in their neighborhood. Now, being in real estate, I know that a newer, brand new home will instantly hike up price of the properties around mine. It will make the neighborhood look nicer than before, clearly. Why would you want to stop someone else to improve their property is still something I am trying to understand to this day esp when it will help the entire neighborhood as a whole.
Secondly, during my 8 years in Halifax, I noticed that the provincial government stopped the CAT Ferry. Again, I failed to understand why a government would put a stop to the little tourism we have from the US, esp Portland. Within months of stopping the CAT Ferry, plenty of bed & breakfast, Inns, Motels along the Halifax to Yarmouth highway went bankrupt or shut down. My question is, aren’t we, as a humanity, supposed to improve, attract more students, tourists and immigrants who will bring money that will be injected into the economy, NS economy??
Thirdly, I read by one of the Maritimers, who seem pretty offended, that moving West will mean higher home value, etc etc. In fact, unbeknownst to most, you are paying 3 times the property taxes compared to Toronto living in Halifax. But why? Are you not working hard for your money like I am or everyone is?? And this is Toronto I am comparing with, one of the world’s top 5 cities to live and work in. Let me not forget to add how expensive the home values and living expenses are and still I was paying more taxes in Halifax. For example, a detached home that is 2200 sq ft with 7000 sq ft lot, property tax is close to $5000. The same property in Toronto, at least half of that, if not 1/3. So take some time to think about this.
And the home values are going up in a snail pace. An example: I purchase a property for $350K in 2005 and sold it for $425K in 2014. That is pretty terrible, if you think about it. I could have invested that in Somalia and probably would have gotten a better return. So, as an investor who wants to bring money into this province and invest into the province, see his money grow, the province made sure that it intimidates you to the point that you want to take all your money and go away and that is exactly, unfortunately, what I did.
It is still a beautiful province and I will buy a cottage somewhere in Mahone Bay when I grow old and wrinkly or take my kids for a historical vacation in Halifax or send them to Dalhousie, but that is where I will draw the line.
In 8 years, I tried to buy a Bed & Breakfast in Halifax, a motel in Sackville, an inn in Yarmouth – all failed owing to the very tight fisted policies of the province and/or banks. And I am well educated in the financial industry. When we look at our neighbor, the US, they had flexible laws and policies about immigration, investing, opening business and look at where they are today. Well, today they are in a terrible spot but generally speaking. Not too flexible either as during Bill Clinton times, he introduced the Gram-Reach-Bliley Act, that pretty much contributed to the the bubble and eventually the financial crash in 2008. So, maybe, not that flexible but still a little flexibility would be nice.
Furthermore, look at ANY coastal cities like NY, Miami, LA, Singapore, Sydney, Vancouver – all are top cities in the world. Why is Halifax, being the second largest port city in the world look like a village when you land there? Absolutely zero growth, zero progress, zero improvement, very slow, too slow. While the entire world is moving ahead, I found that the Maritimes are stuck in the 50’s.
I would love to see this city grow that will attract more students, tourists and investors. This is what we humans do. I find some Maritimers a little selfish. Meaning, if their property gets old, they are keen on renovating it to make improve but what about your real home, Nova Scotia. Why are you all uptight when someone else wants to do something that will create jobs?? Yes there are people who are getting away with large skyscrapers who are probably connected, financially, to the top brass in the government but little guys like us are pretty much stuck in the vagaries of the policies.
So this guy sounds like an asshole. He thinks it’s super groovy to use “bitch” and “douche” as descriptors, calls his female partner “my girl”, describes the earth as “shitty soil”, and thinks this is a thing he should get points for: “I also happen to be a minority within my field—a male support worker in the disability supports field—but you don’t seem to care Nova Scotia.” I won’t even touch his voting stance. I don’t have the patience today. Sure austerity sucks but this guy is just whining because he is having trouble cashing in on that (presumably white, I will bet you anything) male privilege card. Oh, also agist. “PLEASE BE OFFENDED OLD PEOPLE”
Won’t miss this guy.
There does seem to be a systemic problem in Nova Scotia, and though I don’t know what that problem is, the symptoms cause Nova Scotians not to invest there. We have seen it from steal to fisheries and tourism.
One idea I think would put Nova Scotia on the map, and Halifax in particular, is the ongoing debate over McNab’s Island.
How about this. Build a bridge from Eastern Passage to Lawlor Island, and build a provincial camp site there. Build a pedestrian bridge between Lawlor’s and McNabs and build an historical village on the north end based on Thomas Riddell’s book, Hangman Beach, and place a water/theme park on the south end of McNabs (Thrum Cap).
Imagine a camp ground in a major metropolitan area yet separate from the city.
I think I’d vacation there.
I’m going to tell you something … I’ve been gone from NS for 20 years and it was the best decision I ever made. Once you leave, it’s easy to see the issues with Nova Scotia. You have to take the “bluenose pride” blinders off to see and understand that places of prosperity, growth, and opportunity do things completely differently. I’ve been gone 20 years … TWO DECADES … and people are still arguing about the same things as when I left… 20 years ago! I go back for a visit and Halifax is a crime ridden sh**hole. Each time I’m like, doesn’t anyone here see how bad this place is going downhill? The problem is … THE PEOPLE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR THEM. If they did, things would be much, much, MUCH different.
That is the deeper core problem you need to face, confront and accept. I hate to say it but it’s true. And I’m sorry this offends anyone. The culture is completely broken. The way of thinking back there needs to be overthrown! There are many successful people all around the world from Nova Scotia who left and created growth and prosperity… I know many!! THOSE are the people the NS government should be searching out and asking for help to return and help fix the province. Instead, what do Nova Scotians do? They make fun of these people for leaving, treat them as outsiders, and keep them away when those are likely the only people who would truly give a s*** what happens to the place where they were born.
Seems to me the problem is the city you choose in Nova Scotia. I was born in Sydney, in Cape Breton, moved away when I was 5, have been back atleast once every year, and now, at the end of the summer, I have plans to finally move back to the place I love. If you surround yourself with idiots, you’re bound to feel like an idiot. Money shouldn’t mean the world. Living in a beautiful place, surrounded by some of the most kind hearted, loving people in the world (NOT TO MENTION FAMILY) should be enough. Not that everyone there has their head screwed on right, but it’s our HOME. I can easily say, you, and anyone else petty enough to feel the need to make “DOUBLE MUTHA FUCKAS”,, can gladly get the fuck our of the province. I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say, no body would miss anyone like you.
To those commenters who are saying to themselves, “I’m thinking about moving, I don’t want to, but I hope it gets better and things change.” Don’t sit around waiting! My friends said the exact same thing two decades ago. I remember each one saying, “I’m going to stick around and see if things pick up.” Guess what? Many of those friends are completely miserable now because things didn’t pick up and they stayed! Things got WORSE! As I said in another post, I’ve been gone 20 years. Two decades have passed and things haven’t picked up! I’m trying to give a dose of reality here. If you’re relying on Nova Scotia to change overnight, it’s not going to happen. A lot of the problems are cultural and are deeply rooted in generations of self-sabotage thinking that prevent progress.
The recent film industry decision by the government is proof. You know, did anyone in government say, hey, let’s really leverage the film industry in this province so in another 10 years we can attract companies like Netflix, or production studios so we’re not just a location town… so we can create within the province FOR the industry and foster employment. That makes the province attractive for other film studios and networks and new economy companies like Amazon and Facebook, so we can employ not only Nova Scotians but also lure top talent from around the world… make the province a place where people want to be. Instead the NS government didn’t have a vision or plan to leverage the industry for the future.
During the film debacle, I saw people making the issue about the Yarmouth ferry … this is what people were arguing about in the 80s. It’s going to take a long time to change the culture.
I agree with certain points discussed, but also believe (talking from experience. …) that life is a two sided coin, we cannot make heads or tails of it but only hope for the best outcome. Doesn’t matter where you live, work, etc…, or how much money is in your savings account …. what matters is who you chose to share it with, and how. Stop focusing on meaningless things, money is an illusion of happiness, one too many people chase. I will take a campfire by the ocean with my family and friends anyday before I trade for steaks and champagne in a concrete jungle. Just my opinion. I have seen both sides personally, and that’s my conclusion. Life isn’t fair no matter where you live, Get over it and move on.
Read Judge Haliburton, and marvel as I have that the same things he criticized Nova Scotians for, humorously through his Homer Simpson for the 18th century, Sam Slick, over a hundred years ago are still the main problems with the NS mindset! I think more people in our beautiful province need to start asking more hard questions, and demanding solid answers. Questions like who got paid when decisions were made, that are bad for Nova Scotia but good for the elites? Questions like why doesn’t Nova Scotia benefit from her bountiful natural resources, why are they typically dig up or drilled up and sent or piped away, enriching and equipping others? Why don’t we seem to have a solid economic development plan, industrial development, natural gas development and distribution across the province, innovative development planning, innovative thinking, green technology and agritech research and development right here at home? The answer is lack of leadership, abundance of corruption. Lack of vision, lack of innovative thinking, and a ridiculously risk averse mindset. And, a cultural mindset that seems to have a strong similarity to the proverbial crab bucket. Nothing seems to make a Nova Scotian angrier than the thought that somebody might be getting ahead! How dare they succeed? Don’t they know this is a have not province? Well the boat may have sailed. Can this be turned around? In a province where the economy is based on government employment, it seems doubtful. Having spent most of my life in this beautiful, critically challenged province, I can definitely understand the frustration evident in the original poster’s comments. The question for you is, are you going to continue to accept the status quo, or will you demand something better? Considering the fact that our population is deep in decline and is trending to be mostly elderly with no one left behind to take care of them in their advanced age, we had better stop whacking each other with the paddles and start patching and bailing.
I think this guy should deal with his anxiety issues or he will be unhappy wherever he decides to live.
I left NS 24 years ago. I left for adventure and no other reason. I found double the income, 4 times the cost of living and live in a town where most of my neighbours don’t know my name and nor do they want to.
I’m moving back to NS later this year, again in search of adventure. My new neighbours might not have jobs or big incomes but they are friendly, helpful and civil all the time … something the west doesn’t always offer.
I hope he finds his utopia … the grass is always greener.
As a fellow nova scotian ,my heart is broken.My husband is well educated in his field of work,after 34 resumes and not a bite for work in our lovely province{1 year of looking}we made the decision to move west.Yes I long for my ocean,but would be a single mom,if we stayed,{.unfortunately my husbands place of employement closed its doors after 101 years in ns}so off to alberta we go.I worked fulltime in the health profession plus overtime,to make all the bills at home.In alberta I work parttime ,as my husbands wage tripled here,creating room for me to stay home part time and raise our family.
I thank alberta for being in Canada for this reason.Yes I want to be home near my aging parents and family, but people need to work and pay bills,survive.I hear what this young man is saying,but coming from almost 30 years of work experience,life shouldn’t get harder,but it does there,we are prosperous and have more free time ,able to put away for retirement in alberta…as we plan to retire home,as it is just that home.good luck to all my fellow bluenosers,u do whats best for u and your family,take care.xoxo
I so wish the author could see things through different eyes. It is nvr the cowards who made change in this land. The brave ended slavery, gave women the vote and the brave will hold on to the culture and arts in Canada with every last breath. I wish the youth of Canada would remember the clean drinking water that comes out of our taps, the education that fills our brains until the age of 18 and a doctors healing touch when we are sick ( even if it takes hours in an emergency room) Let him run away weaping. We are the blessed, the privileged. Let us also be the brave.
Leave us if you must.
We are fighting the good fight!
Haligonian Age 26
my experience out west was good and bad..they treat maritimers like outsiders however they pay well.when times are tough out there they keep their own and lay us off even though we did all the work…it’s never a easy thing moving west ..it’s a process.times are tough all over..
Please leave now. We can get MSVU to send your girl’s BEd in the mail. I feel bad for the people who call where you are going home. Good riddance.
Everyone on here winning about paying of debt from student loans.. lol, The majority of you X students have been conned into paying for something you don’t even need!!!, I only have my grade 10.. struggled on welfare for a 1 year until I got a min/wage job.. but i kept my ears&eyes open to opportunity’s now i just started a new job few months ago $14/hr 48 hrs weekly, and Full Benefits on a Grade “10” Education….. so i spent 2 years getting a stable job after dropping out of school,,, you will spend 2-4 years getting a diploma to get min wage jobs coming out of school and possibly no work at all in your field,and now you owe $20,000 in student loans ” my point is “Stop lookin for the Job u Want and start looking for the Job u Can Get$$ Education is great n all but $$$$ does make the world go around the sooner u make $$$$ the better.
The only time I do backstrokes is when I come back here. I am about two weeks from selling everything and moving on. Can’t even get a part-time job at a corner store. You need a doctrine to get a good job but yet when you need something done you need to get on the merry-go round for a few cycles if you are lucky before anything comes close to getting done.
I even feel the stagnation within my own family. Sure the people here are friendly (to your face) it would be nice though, to really know what they say when you turn your back. I have lived in many Canadian provinces and there is no worse place for work and pay than here.
But I must say that this is a beautiful place to retire. So if that is the mentality around Halifax then maybe they should turn half the city into a graveyard and start selling plots.
Hope things get better for us all ( I am not selfish like most).
Enjoy your weekend!
My advice to the columnist is to stop whining and perhaps do some travelling out of NS and perhaps Canada and learn what real problems exist in the world. I’m sure you’ll find NS and your quality of life there far superior to that experienced by most of the worlds inhabitants. Unfortunately you don’t sound educated, maybe cut out the cursing. Oh yes you sound like that generation that likes things handed to them. Guess what…no one owes you anything.
I am a technical professional who was lucky to get a job in my field that paid a competitive wage and actually uses some of my skills. Over the last 2 years I have seen almost all my engineering classmates and most other university graduates leave the province. My first boss, who graduated in the 1980s, told me that things were like that for his class as well. Imagine how much it costs to train an engineer! Well all that money has been leaving the province for at least the last 30 years.
My marginal tax rate is the highest in the country. Higher than Quebec, where my taxes at least pay for education, child care, and urban infrastructure. What do they pay for here? For ferries to fucking nowhere; for Economic Development Associations or Business Groups or whatever you want to call the rural slush funds; for the harebrained schemes like DEVCO and SYSCO of the past.
Your post was crude, but you put the blame where it belongs. The business and political leadership of Nova Scotia, to use your words, doesn’t give a fuck about us.
i posted earlier and was reading threw alot of these posts and there is alot of things being thrown around out there as far as opinions and there own perspective and such and some of those,,,,,are Alberta people are mad we go there to work , people defending our poverty , government jobs are the “good jobs” ,the grass is greener response , people glad he left calling him a pre Madonna cuzz he wants to make a real wadge and folks saying that money is not everything ….well to Alberta folks i was born in Alberta raised in sydney nova scotia and have good friends in Alberta and your own people say this about you ,,.your lazy …not my words ..we as a whole in nova scotia are not lazy and never been afraid of hard work and actively seek out jobs that most would not like to do cuzz that’s what were use to ..we work hard very hard and part of our downfall when it comes to trying to stay home we end up with stalk home syndrome we defend or poor set up cuzz its what we know …and then you peoples that have been able to find those places where you got a good job or fresh outta high school or not even finished and got a job fairly soon and the people that had to leave then came back and got a spot i am glad for you guys cuzz there means there is still hope ,,but by hope does that by no means ,does that mean it is really easy ,and it is hard everywhere but as i said before we have the best chance at being so much better then we are. as has been said ,our natural resources should put us par if not higher then Alberta ..but we are at the lowest why ?bad choices with our government the people that are sapose to have our best interests in mind ..witch they don’t and yes alot of us in nova scotia get stuck on these same topics for years and years and years ex: tar ponds ..they were an issue for soo many years what will we do where will we put it what do we do with the space.. one of the very first suggestions to fix it was fill it pave it put dirt on it and make a park then 25 years or so went by millions of dollars spent on throwing ideas around not one shovel put in the ground ..took one guy already dying of cancer to climb in in his shorts with a shovel and a metal bucket fed up saying if your not gonna do something i will ..then people started to make things happen and what did they do built a park and splash park …one of the worlds most horrible man made disasters ..but it got fixed cuzz someone took action so lets stop throwing paper work across the table and do something starting with the people who have our “best interests in mind” and the grass is burnt and shitty everywhere i work three jobs here in Ontario trying to put together a living while taking care of two kids and a father suffering from als…. its not about the grass its about the effort and where it can best be applied …lets make those efforts be more easy to be applied at home so people can renovate a property increase land value allow growth to happen and make reasons for investors and idea thinkers to set up shop there and keep our resources to help us grow.. were good people lets stop hating and start thinking and ask the right questions to each other and stand up for what we know is right and deserve and not settle for less and not think living off the governments tit is ok … and money is not everything 100% but if we dont make it sustainable place the people the atmosphere the people we love and the kindness it holds will no longer exist simple things like listening to the radio and them reading off stats like there was 47 wallets lost last year and 46 were returned to the police and one was delivered to there home personally that kind of thing exists in no other place ..so lets stop hating and start trying to do what we do best help each other leave email address phone numbers talk to each other make plans see if one another can help each other make or own system of government then maybe they can caught up with us.. were awesome never forget it 🙂
The sad part of this is the un-education of reality that the author had of the subject. It is true, Nova Scotia does not offer the same as Quebec west in Canada. However, we are an underpopulated area of Canada and truly yes we have an older population.
The University/Colleges and trades should not be allowed to train people in the fields that are not here, or to educate them that there are not available localized jobs upon applying. By doing this, we don’t have this mid 20 year old feeling that the Nova Scotia Government has let him down.
The let down here is: Take a course that has a job here, or be prepared to leave. However, if you want to be the next Facebook creator and bring your jobs home that is awesome, if you want to bring big business home again that is awesome. Just DON’T do it on our tax dollars. Go create the world that you want and bring it home or find a way for it to come home first.
I just want to say thank you to everyone who responded.
I choose to remain anonymous because I have the option to do that, I’m entitled to that ;).
You’ve all made the 24 hr shift I just finished an absolute treat. Yea I work! I said that in the letter but I guess some of you could only see red with all that potty mouthed Scotia bashing.
I’ve been working, hard, for three years in my field and countless minimum wage jobs before that, all in Nova Scotia. I paid the same taxes as you. So you can bet your life that I’ve earned everything I’ve got coming to me away from this province. And I stated I’m coming back. Just saying.
I’ve lived here my whole life, my entire family is here, and so is hers, so please don’t think this was an easy decision for us.
And please, send your regards, sarcastically or seriously, I appreciate it all. It would be easy to apologize or be offended, or have any reaction that caters to the displeasure communicated in these comments, but that’s not me. I stand by all my fucks given, and have none left for ya’ll.
I’m not the problem, hate to break it to ya.
What’s the popular one, Good Riddance?
You’re favourite,
Asshole
Just a warning for when you get here.. The West has way more blatant racism than you could ever dream of happening in Halifax. It is one of the major reasons I will be returning to Halifax to raise my multi-racial family. If you are coming to Alberta I wish you luck. Stay make the money and go home. If you are of a racial minority who spent their life in HRM you are about to be rudely awaken to what blatant wide spread racism truly is.
This guy hit the nail right on the head. My wife is a teacher and in a tradesman. Alberta welcomed us with open arms. Nova Scotia will always be home to me. As we are both young people now with kids. In about 5 to 10 years ns will have to start closing schools as most of the people I went to school with are now in the west. Married and have family’s in alberta where in fort mcmurray 120 baby’s are born in a single month…….
Wages are higher and not taxed to death. Nstu needs to stop letting retired teachers come back and take temp jobs and putting the young teachers in poverty. When you retire stay retired. Well I welcome more ns people to Alberta where you get paid well and can like with less money stress. I know it’s hard to leave but it was the best move I ever did. This guy may of been crude but is 100 right. Carma will come around it always does.
Right on the nose Buddy! There is much more wrong in this province than there is right. I suggest you leave and make a comfortable living for yourself elsewhere. Don’t return to stay, only to visit. Trust me, I left for 22 years and came back to live. I have regretted that decision immensely. I am now looking to get back out of here because I have had a taste of what it’s like to live somewhere else and actually have a life, not merely exist to the point of being just another number. This province is Fucker and it will take years for all its problems to be fixed. Once you see what it’s like to live in a province that doesn’t rape it’s people monetarily, you’ll see your full potential. As for coming back? I thought it would be great to return here but I was dead wrong. This province is a hole that has been dug too deep for too long.
Megan Leslie isn’t any better.. She’s got some wack agendas too.
It seems to me that a change in attitude would help. I see why you won’t sign your post. If you aren’t happy here feel free to explore other places. I have family and friends living all over the country and they would love to move back but they don’t want to uproot a family that only knows the “new” city as home. If you leave and then decide you’ve changed your mind you will wish that people have forgotten your rant. Maybe it is good that you leave, you would just make it hell for anyone that has to listen you complain.
Okay I have something to say..this Letter to the Editor bashing Nova Scotia in The coast this week. Stating how much Alberta was better then Nova Scotia because he can earn 4 times more out there then here..blaming the NS government for not making a job for him after he got out of school….
Here is the simple fact..just because you get some high priced degree doesn’t mean your going to walk out and get an amazing job ANYWHERE in this fucking country.
So Alberta was blessed with a booming oil industry because of their natural resources, and some careers in comparison to Nova Scotia are HUGE in difference. So by all means if all you want is money, then move out there to follow it! No one is stopping you..
Now we in Nova Scotia are not blessed with this huge oil industry, and yes none of us fully agree with the decisions our government makes..but what does moving to another province so you can get rich then bash Nova Scotia do to improve the situation here? Absolutely fucking nothing that’s what it does! So go the fuck ahead and move because your desire for money is so strong you must earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in another province, then look your fucking nose down at the people struggling to survive here, here is a thought…..
Educate your self on the economy in the area and see if you can fill any gaps and bring money into a province that needs it! For example, I looked into my options and took web development, and from Halifax Nova Scotia, I can bring in money form anywhere in the country here home, and fi someday I get my shit together, start employing other people..and guess what I have also brought many small businesses from Nova Scotia into the online world so they too can now sell their products and services to other provinces. I didn’t move off out west and take some cushy high prices job, then bitch about how much I hate Nova Scotia..I stay here, because I loved this place and make it work for me..and if more people did this our economy would be far better off..
The “letter to the editor” I read was nothing but a fucking waste of my time to read..instead of complaining about shit, think of ways you can fix the situation, or shit the fuck u[ and move out west. Either way I am sick of hearing people agree with this garbage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhkW4Rcbiw
this song really makes me think of this thread 100%!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LhkW4Rcbiw
Everyone reading should look up the song The idiot by Stan Rogers, it really applies to this thread so well..If I could post a link I would!
OMG this stuff is hilarious!!!! There are plenty of jobs in NOVA 🙂 Just need to get off your ass and get your name out there. I went out west and learned what I was doing. Why do I want to support removal of natural resources. Anyone with a brain would realize its wrong. Here in Nova we cherish the ground we walk on and love nature as it should be. Never will I support a province that destroys our environment. If you ask me, Alberta can fall to the ground and burn and I would care less. Would be better for everyone. Those Nova Scotians who stay and try to change the economy are the real winners. Love you NOVA!!!!!
Read this for what it is. Nova Scotia, despite its beauty and people, is a challenging place to get ahead. The article was less about moving out west and more about the fact that something needs to be done here. Change is needed. I lived in Halifax in 1995 and now in 2015. In twenty years, other than thousands of apartments and obviously people living in them, the only changes to infrastructure in 20 years was an extra lane on the MacDonald and a handful of one way streets. Really? It was cheaper for me to live in Ontario and I made 40% more income than I do now. I’m here because I choose to be but its not easy financially with limited opportunity. You can acknowledge what it is to keep your head in the sand. We’re not in a good place and I’m not convinced that cutting everything instead of growing revenue streams is the political strategy we should be pursuing.
I agree with that guy but at least he was able to get a full time job in the field he studied, Ive got a 2 year electronic engineering course and a 2 year Machinist/cnc course and Im working in a bottling plant part time instead of using my course’s, I applied places around here and ive either gotten “were all ready at full staff” or “we want someone with experience in their field” so when the big ship building contract came up that was supposed to bring everyone back I tried looking into that and the requirements they want are way too high, id have to become a journeyman and have 5 years experience, and it seems everytime I turn on the news they’re making changes to the amount of ships they’re going to build. betcha if i could pick up and just leave for out west id have a job in my trades in no time.
Infrastructure? Hey, since 1995 we’ve changed how the Armdale Rotary works and even added some new ones. And, twinned highways, hello!
Our healthcare is going down the tubes.Privatization of home healthcare and lack of long term care for those in need.I just might take my skills elsewhere also.I enjoy what I do for a living but I do it for the pay.With the coming changes there will likely be a flood of care workers flowing westward for the pay they deserve.I have lived out west before and the cost of living really isn’t as bad as some say.The difference in cost between natural gas(much cheaper) and the furnace oil many of us burn here in N.S offsets the rental cost making the cost of living almost identical.Also a lot cheaper out west for gasoline and let’s not forget a much cheaper sales tax.Good luck on your westward journey!
No, you really don’t have to go, just appy for citizenship in a foreign country and then once you are accepted, you can take advantage of all the immigration policies of Nova Scotia, I remember working with a newfie who also managed an apartment in the new highfield park, owned by people from an arabic nation who were given an interest free loan with no payments for 5 years, no taxes et al for 5 years….. after 3 years, they had made so much off rents and saved so much thanks to our gov. that they had built 2 more apartment buildings in highfield and one over by the price club(now costco). has been the same since the 50’s when they gave free land and gov money to the dutch to come over and farm. Get our residents working first, cut welfare so people are better off working and stop catering to the big companies.
You could have made your point without so much nasty words in it. It goes to show how ignorant you are yourself and maybe why you cannot get a good job here. No one wants to hire a big mouth nasty person like you. Go out west and stay there I am sure Nova Scotia won’t miss you and your filthy mouth.
Reading this piss rant of a whiny bitch as I lounge the summer away on my public gardens like lakefront property. I look out my window and ask myself……how do you afford this, how did you get here ? I did this because of the limitless opportunities for talented, creative and hard working people in Nova Scotian private business. The people that I work with, my family and friends. You mention government dole or some tangent contract of the gov’ money tree being your vision of a Shangri-La a few times, and that’s a deadly measure of provincial vitality; whether through nepotism stacked gov’ employment, welfare or some freebie socialist grant, it just doesn’t work that way. BUD. Muny does have to come from sumwherez my friend, for all that dole and its framework. Feel goods are on TV, turn yours off, it’s making you and your woman lazy and stupid-err. The real education is inside your head not outside your head and can never be found in a discount Scotian libtard uniKamp. Study hard, go to a school that isn’t overrun by Birkenstock wearing utopian dreamers, go south to get an education. I’m here because the lifestyle I live would drown me in debt in any other province. Go west, you’ll find many like yourself……in the 75 square foot condo building that will be munching up your double income. Hey, at least you can go grocery shop at the artisinal Whole-Foods in your hiply overpriced neighborhood, grab a grande latte for $11.99. Drown in overpriced living or accept and work within the limits of every province. Best of luck.