I'm pissed about the Newfoundland and Labrador government complaining about the brain drain to Alberta and then my class gets ads from the government (Canada Revenue Agency - NL Taxation Office) saying they will train 12 new grads here for a year and then send them to Calgary for further employment.  If they don't want us to go, why do they offer jobs like this?

Here's my theory... the government loves it.... people generally go away to Alberta and maintain a permanent residence in Newfoundland.  They make much more money out west than they can here and since they have a permanent home here they are paying provincial taxes.  It's pure revenue for the government.  They just put on a show to "combat the West" to appeal to the masses in rural communities that are suffering greatly from the brain drain.

Here's a great "strategy" developed by the local government and chamber of commerce.  Recently, Alberta company job fairs have attracted thousands and thousands of workers here to go away to work.  To combat and offset the effect, the local government decided to host its own job fair, because we do have a shortage of workers here... the best jobs offered?  Fast food, Walmart, and call centres.  What a fucking joke!

I'll show them.  I'm moving to Calgary (permanently) and paying taxes in Alberta instead.

It looks like things were fucked up there for a while (no doubt fueled by poor album sales), and the guys have a lot of growing up to do all round.  What a childish way to act; giving Weiland the cold shoulder until he quit... What are they, 16 year old girls at cheerleading practice?

It's being discussed here: http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.p … 080#p29080

LOCK.

Haha... That killed me earlier!

I wrote a 4 hour exam tonight and celebrated the end with a trip to the campus bar with my classmates.  One exam left to my undergrad!  I'll be done on Friday at 9 pm (7:30 ET).

If anyone's been checking HTGTH, HBK has been talking about this for the past few days...  Still waiting for official word, but it looks like it's true... let's hope and pray the album comes out by then.