The film/tv industry here seems to be surviving reasonably well (Directors/Producers like coming/living here and there is a solid infrastructure of technical/support staff based here... The tourism/cruise ship industry has proven rather more sensitive/volatile and is apparently down verysignificantly as a result of shifting costs (although there may be other factors as well. M
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:20 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [SPAM] Where Are The Jobs? For Many Companies,Overseas Until the Canadian dollar rises too far.. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:38 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [SPAM] Where Are The Jobs? For Many Companies, Overseas And Hollywood North in Vancouver... M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Harrell Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:02 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [SPAM] Where Are The Jobs? For Many Companies,Overseas I suspect you should look into the entertainment industries that were outsourced from America to Toronto over the last twenty years. At one point it was the entertainment industries that were America's prime export in the world and the only thing that rescued the export deficit. But the Puritans here sold the goose. They will sell anything whether it's vital or not. Remember what Suleman said about them during the Crusades. It's still true. REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:42 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [SPAM] Where Are The Jobs? For Many Companies, Overseas Except that the hewer of wood is no longer hewing. Raw log exports to the U.S. or China did not help this country in more than a very minimal way except for the U.S. profiting in charge of it and are now nearly non-existent. And if Monsanto (or Coke) continues to buy up watersheds, there won't be much water to draw either unless its from the only water left for the public consumption (where the logged hillsides slump into; where all water life will be suffocated and toxins will flow freely). Darryl On 12/29/2010 5:43 AM, Ed Weick wrote: A split is occurring in an economy like the US. The boss class increasingly thinks globally while the underclass continues to think locally. Thank God that Canada remains a hewer of wood and drawer of water. Jobs in commodity production can't easily be moved abroad. Ed
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