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Probs meant 300,000 or maybe he was a crewboss and was including trees planted under his supervision.

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As for treeplanters specifically; maybe it'll move people out of the industry...but I doubt it'll be that many. Vets make 30$/hour easy in most places, and I'd happily work a much easier job for 21$/hour. I don't think there will be too many planters who can find a job at 70% pay. Are you calling o...

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http://taxpayer.com/news-releases/new-ei-rules-strike-blow-working-canadian-taxpayers-against-habitual-pogey-collectors New EI rules strike a blow for working Canadian taxpayers against habitual pogey collectors OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded new regulations proposed t...

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http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/current-ei-reforms-should-be-just-the-beginning/ Assume for a moment you’ve been given the job of creating from scratch a federal program to help out-of-work Canadians find suitable employment as quickly and efficiently as possible. Would you begin with a system th...

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You mean treeplanting isn't skilled labour!?

(Sorry couldn't resist)

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Is the red pill a choice?

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So, in conclusion, socialism, government in general and EI are all garbage. I'm now going to try to hijack my own hijack. Here's a question for you guys - mental experiment: Why isn't the sea level rising? I mean, with all this record heat and drowning polar bears in the Arctic, shouldn't Vancouver ...

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Governments will always subsidize certain industries that allow for their buddies to profit beyond reason, or put tariffs on competing goods from other countries to ensure their buddies have more money than they know what to do with. We're moving towards freer trade all the time. Even the unions su...

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Who sources the National fucking Post as credible insight on anything?? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/05/29/nl-tim-hortons-hsc-loss-529.html Better?...A wee bit biased are we? When you are working in the bush (and most likely thousands of miles away from your home b...

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Oh and how do we both agree with Scootsy?

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Also, $10,000 is not that much money. That would evaporate in no time if you had, say, a sick family member who needed you to provide full-time care. I love the 1 in 100,000 example to justify the entire system. Ok, I'll bite. We can set up a system so if you are completely incapacitated you can ge...

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Blow for conservatism!? Fiscal Conservatism rules the roost and we have leaned that way in Canada since 1984 to varying degrees. One doesn't have to do much since liberalism standing alone is an embarrassment (seriously). I know why EI was created, I don't really care though. People should save up t...

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Lol! Good one! I'm just biased and jaded. I've paid thousands of $$$ so perfectly able bodied people can live groovy lifestyles. Wouldn't bat an eye if EI disappeared (encourage it even). Come to think of it, I wouldn't bat an eye if most of the government disappeared. They do jack shit for me and o...

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What has government done for you lately??

The role of government is to get the eff out of the way. I'm curious to know what makes you entitled to a higher paying job than those evil immigrants?

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I haven't been around for a while but I ain't worried about Hammy.

Harper's my boy, we can't have everyone being a granola chompin' NDPer around here. Needless to say I'm not too worried about treeplanting being remotely close to being on his radar.

Love,

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I heard Stephen Harper eats babies and uses live rabbits for toilet paper. If we aren't careful he may put the axe to sunlight.

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Trees, Land, no quality surprises. Highly organized in other words.

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Richianity: If the Cons gave half a rat's ass about actual working Canadians, they wouldn't be working so hard to depress domestic wages, create a pool of desperate workers who won't be able to combat low wages and poor working conditions, and bring in even cheaper foreign labor to take up the slac...

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That's my boy Harper looking out for the working class!

Farewell EI ski wagon. The gravy train has come to an end 'victims'. Hopefully they also cut the EI premiums we pay into the system.

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So...what have I missed on the board here the past months?

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In regards to hours given for EI purposes, there's no incentive to contractors to give planters less hours than they are actually away from the marshalling point - in other words why not give planters all the hours from getting into the truck until they get back? Generally we subtract 1/2 hour duri...

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The competition is too steep to 'increase their bids'. Silviculture contractors will eat a whole bunch of this increased cost. Less money for them means less money for everything else which means lower tree prices which means ballers get paid less. For the econ majors out there if you shift your (la...

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Higher minimum wage = higher costs to the business. If costs increase then mills/forestry companies etc will push off non-required work into the future to save money (and therefore do less work). They will also want to hire fewer workers and expect more out of each individual worker. This will be a ...

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I think I've met Cowboy. Older guy. Doubt he planted 100 trees as fast as a more nimble 20 something would. The way technology is going though, I wouldn't be surprised if eventually a smarter/faster machine came along but it would be hard to see machines making financial sense since you are probably...

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I saw that episode. There weren't any treeplanters in that episode from what I remember. It's all on Youtube.

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Don't worry chicks dig it!

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Ya I don't get why they don't move a bit during the night. There must be some kind of rule saying only when the sun is up for something.

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Ya I kinda want to be prey as well. They are currently accepting applications for season 6. They must have been filming season five when you saw him. My problem with it though is that there is a prey cameraman that follows the prey. I'm sure he's really good but that's still an extra person and stil...

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Scootsy,

just went through your photos. That's awesome that you saw Mantracker. Are you guys going to be a part of the episode?

You're selling 135 hectares?...More importantly, you can buy 135 hectares for ONLY $245,000 in NB?????? What a different planet that 'Not BC R/E' world is!

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Don't lie. No you don't!

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Do I know you???...lol Ya its true. For a long time I had a serious axe to grind but now I'm actually kinda interested in keeping up to date on silviculture and then there's the obvious entertainment value of these existential debates we have. I'm also kinda shocked at the general lack of education ...

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Obvious conclusion Duncsy: Politicians are corrupt and incompetent. YOU are the ONLY person with integrity and competence. You should run. Afterall, the only way of changing the system is from within (not by bitching on the replant.ca forum...surprise surprise). Look forward to your rant rationalizi...

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Profits are why people enter into the marketplace. If there were only 1 company then they would be making a ton of profit but then other people would see that and move in. Mills would only be too happy to award the bid to the lower 'little guy' and so the process begins all over again.

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EDIT: at first I talked you down, now I regret it. I'm genuinely curious as to what your solutions are for the debt problems out there.

If you're advocating less government then I'm with you.

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http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/05/03/greeces-problem-is-high-tax-rates-not-tax-evasion Socialism discourages work and investment. If the top tax rate in Canada were 80% a lot of people would either not work or not play by the rules. There's talk that decreasing taxes INCREASES government reven...

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Duncan,

Tinfoil hat on too tight?

EDIT:

Is or is Greece not a a socialist cesspool???

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I look forward to a hilarious rant on evil right-wing economics!

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Actually I have checked for the Ministry...

and I believe March 2009 glossy over you.

We haven't heard anything about this contract or a while, so I'm going to go ahead and assume that everything went fine.

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Option 1: Plant and make $150/day

Option 2: stay at home and blog about your entitlement.

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EDIT: Meh, some people just want to live the victim's life...

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http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silviculture/discussion_paper/SilvicultureDiscussionPaper-FINAL.pdf Read page 6. Ya, kids these days effin things up out there... Just remember that seedling survival rates were ~50% when Evergreen made $580/day (in today's $$) in his rookie season! (Cue sound of bursti...

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Are there stats out there that show a trend in survival rates?

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I guess I'm using 'mill' generically as 'the other side'. Didn't mean to insult

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Thanks for taking the time to post NotDa. Very interesting to hear it from the mill's perspective.

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Not worth it (unless there is some logical time reason)...what's the rush?

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Don't worry about the peanut gallery on here. Just run your own race.

There's a camp site just north of town (2 Mile?). I think it's 17$/night. How you're going to get to and from town though, I don't know.

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LOL!

There's better porn out there Scootsy!

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Quebec, while a socialist cesspool parasite on Canada, is the 'most have' of the 'have not' provinces. Per Capita they receive the least amount of equalization payments. They bring some benefits like, national identity, tourism, bagels, steak spice and poutine, so I don't mind them...they keep thing...

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Evergreen wrote:I made an average of $140/day in my first season – 1975.

140/day in 1975 = $580/day in 2010...rookie season.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html

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