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- County Councillor
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:32:02
We are trying to recover from a global recession. Work is a requirement to accomplish that. We also live with safety
regulations within our work places. I am sure that the yard in Pictou with its employees will welcome any work providing that work is done in a safe manner.
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- george
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:59
With every bit of good news there needs to be caution. I do not know how many people have watched documentaries on TV showing the hazards of ship dismantaling but the department of labour and enviroment should keep a close eye on this project.Asbestos may be the least of the worries for workers and folks who live in close proximity of the ship yards.
In order for ships to maintain long service lives they have to have their metal protected by very special paints and chemical coatings and constant monotoring of air quality has to be in place to protect people and the enviroment.
I am glad to see peole working but do not wish to see people in harms way at any cost. -
- From Stellarton
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:57
Hey George, did you know that you have just as much chance of getting hit by a car as you do getting cancer, or anything else. You aren't going to prevent it, no matter what you do, toxins are everywhere. If you spend your life worring about what might kill you, you are going to live a poor life my friend.
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- DingBat
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:52
George,do you ever have good news to relate about every item in the paper,or are you also called Mr.Doom n Gloom,get a life and be happy for once :O)
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- me
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:51
George, I would believe that a company such as Aecon-Fabco would have a great health & safety program and record.
This is not the pictou ship yard of old times nor is it the beaches of India. -
- george
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:46
I get a kick out of the Albertans, the enviromental mecca that it is out there telling us we should not complain or worry about the enviroment or personal health. the poor people of pictou have one of the highest cancer rates in Canada, ask Doctor dan reid who used to live there. i did not complain i issued a precautionary warning, big difference.
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- U PEOPLE
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:46
Is all u people ever do down there is always feel the need to say something negative about a great thing.You dont have to work around cancer causing agents to get cancer!! The air we breathe can do that,and not just in PC,anywhere and everywhere.Of all the newspapers that I read(having worked and lived in different parts of the country over the years)it seems like the people of Pictou County are the ones who complain and moan about everything,even if the news is a good story,if you have complaints about dismantling a ship,than move away from the water,better yet,stick your head in the ground until the world becomes the spot you comfortable with living in
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- george
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:44
Dingbat it is better to be prepared than take risks with peoples lives and health. dingbat have you ever worked in a hazardous enviroment? i talked to a young fellow the other day who found out he has cancer and worked around cancer causing agents when he was young and no idea what health effects he would suffer, may God bless him.
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- U PEOPLE
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:43
Well my sir,I'm not an Albertan,I'm a lifelong Pictou County resident,WHO,lives and works in Alberta.Explain to me why a feel good story about more employment in the area,has anything to do with high cancer rates.As I said,people like you always have something to whine about,who are you to know how this company's safety policies are to be followed when it comes to the dismantling of these ships.Guess what my cry baby friend,in 100 years the enviromental problems we face today,will probably be worse,not because of Alberta,or people taking ships apart....but because with growth and technology come some unwanted spinoffs that are a nature of the industrial world.So after you hug your tree goodnight,close your eyes and be thankful that people in the area will be working during and after the holidays!!
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- Pete
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:42
Four million dollars? No wonder this country's broke. Sink them on the way from Halifax would be a lot easier.
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- from
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:38
To U PEOPLE ARE A JOKE - right on! I notice you too have moved away. Hey - guess it's a nice place to be from!! Enjoyed my days at PA.
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- Nova Scotian in Alberta
- - February 22nd, 2010 at 13:31:35
Kudo's to a small company awarded this contract. It will keep a few more tradesmen from leaving their homes for greener pastures elsewhere i.e.Alberta... for a few months at best. I lived the better part of my life in Pictou County, and have spent the last seven years working the oil patch. The stacks stink out here the same as they do in Abercrombie, probably less here because of the enormous regulatory pressures put on them by the gov't... the big oil companies do more to correct their hazards than any other organization in the country bar none. The eyes of the world are up here watching, they are doing everything right. So comments like environmental mecca are both unfounded and based on ignorance. You can choose to believe right wing groups that use the media to their advantage or you can do some research. I would be back in NS if there were meaningful employment that paid enough so that you didn't have to struggle, but that is not an option. So I will stay out here with the dirty oil and greenpeace activists with nothing better to do with their parents money.
