WoodFibreOnTheBrainVille
The FedCons announced another big, bold business subsidy program this week past.
It's called the 'Investments in Forest Industry Transformation' program and it will give $90 million to FoCo's so that they can do stuff the market won't pay for.
You know, it's one those things that gets cooked up in a elegantly-lit, lobbyist-funded backroom where Strauss mingles with Marx while Adam Smith sneers at them both from the shadows (or some such thing).
Anyway...The Snooklandian in charge of forests was very happy about all of this:
“I applaud today’s funding announcement. This program has helped fund important innovations in the forest sector, which has helped the forest sector develop new products and market opportunities, which, in turn, ensures stable jobs in forestry-dependent areas.”
The Honourable Steve Thomson
B.C. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Now.
Here's the thing.
The run-on gobbley-gook quoted above didn't burst forth, by accident, because the honourable Mr. Thomson was ambushed by some cub-reporter at a Kelowna hot-spot looking for a quick pull-quote.
Instead, it was formulated after a lot of thought and careful pre-wurlitzer planning, presumably by the well-paid PAB-bots in Mr. Thomson's office.
Why do we presume this?
Because the 'statement' was actually part of the official FedCon press release.
Imagine that!
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Thanks to Anthony Britneff for the heads-up via his Twittmachine feed...
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6 comments:
"New...market opportunities."
Such as dismantling the saw and pulp mills and sending them to China?
karen--
Well, you know...
Straussianism and all that.
(it really is egregious isn't it)
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What's that old saying: Can't see the forest for the Trees.
Could it be that The Honourable Steve Thomson, having used the word "forest" three times in one sentence, has created a new saying?
Can't see the trees for the forest....
NVG--
Or...
Can't see the Steves for Morans (who get paid to write this shite)?
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What the fuck? They have $90MILLION for some forest company stuff but no money for education or kids living below the poverty line. Gee, they mine $17Million a year out of the pockets of kids living below the poverty line. Now we know why. They needed it for the forestry companies. To hell with hungry kids and those who can't read, forestry companies need the money.
Didn't see anything about this in the MSM. Oh, well time to ask my lieberal MLA why they got the money and not the kids.
e.a.f.--
I understand your frustration.
Just to be clear...This is FedCon operation...Minister Steve's Bots were just doing a little pom-pom waving for them.
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