Originally Posted by Alan2005

The creditors don't deserve justice for making stupid lending decisions. The way the system should work is that bad business decisions are punished by the market - if you can't do your business without taking the risk then either sell the risk to somebody else or get out of the business.

Currently we have a system where credit is easy to come by because those giving it are not punished for giving it out to people that obviously have no means of paying it back. The government has screwed this up by getting involved (as they always do) - they've bailed out the creditors and the debtors at the expense of the prudent. The only people that deserve justice are ordinary savers with no debt; these people are being stolen from every day because of this mess.

Originally Posted by Almost Canadian

OK, I am going to leave this here as it is evident that you have a real issue with the banks. As I said earlier, I am thinking more about businesses and I doubt that very many of the posters on here would have half of monetary value of the possessions they own with access to credit, whether it be a loan, mortgage, credit card, store card, etc.

Originally Posted by egomasseur

So the Parmedic strike goes on... I'm a newly qualified student paramedic and officially can't finish the course (although I passed all my exams) until the strike is over due to the preceptors being told by the union that training paramedics is non-essential. All other ways of striking (job walk-outs etc) are not allowed due to the fact the Labour Relations Board has told them they are essential services, thus it is left being a non-strike in many ways.

The paramedics working right now are being forced to work overtime to cover extra shift gaps, they must answer all calls from BC Ambulance so none of that "my phone was charging' malarky...

I just wanted to say something as I, along with my classmates and around 250+ across the province of BC are left in limbo while we wait. I can't gain work in the field I invested so much time, money and stress into. I am going to have to work in the lower (the lowest in Canada I believe) wage bracket again until I can find something better.

Are there any BC paramedics out there who would like to comment?

If anyone in BC happens to get a chance to meet with any ministers or sees anyone who is in government or the union maybe you can shout 'get an arbitraitor!' as currently, both sides have none and therefore the strike/non-strike goes on and on as both sides will not talk!

If anyone is on Facebook, please join the group 'save our paramedics' or at leat read some of the posts on there as it is really not in the spotlight at all. There is also a website at www.saveourparamedics.com which (if you have the time) is worth a read as it explains why they are striking.

Thanks expats.