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The Manitoba government is vowing to save 500 jobs threatened by mining company Vale SA's decision to close its Thompson operation.
If the mine is profitable it would probably stay open, why would you step in and "save jobs" when they are not producing what they are intended to produce?
Vale announced Wednesday that it will close its smelter and refinery by 2015, saying they're no longer profitable.
There ya go. Hey, how about the government save the jobs of those blacksmiths, they are closing down you know because the market is changing. Or how about those typewriter manufacturing jobs, better save those!
Selinger said the Brazilian mining giant's plan to shut down in the community is unacceptable. There hasn't been proper notice or consultation with the province or the City of Thompson, he said.
"We don't like decisions being dropped on us without any consultation and we want them to come to the table with an open mind to look at what we can do about these concerns," Selinger said.
Hey Greg Selinger, it's not your company, so butt out. This shows the hubris with these government people, they think they own everybody and everything and that business need to "consults" with them in making business decision.
The government should stay out of the way and let the market government itself in cases like these. If it's not a profitable business then it should close down and try something else.
4 comments:
Exactly. Why is this so difficult for some people to understand/accept?
Richard G.
Many years ago the Government of British Columbia and a couple of crafty companies played this very game. The pulp mill in Port Alice, was moved from one ownership group to another, many millions of dollars were transferred from the governmental coffers (IE tax payers.
The new ownership group took the money made some little improvements, then skipped. Leaving a much deeper and darker hole.
I agree with you, governments cannot save jobs. They can encourage businesses to stay or to move into the province. But buy outs never work!
There ya go. Hey, how about the government save the jobs of those blacksmiths, they are closing down you know because the market is changing. Or how about those typewriter manufacturing jobs, better save those!
Sellinger could easy add 500 jobs to the Regional Health Authority to keep these people employed. The transfer of skills doesn't matter as RHAs don't really do anything anyway.
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