They sure haven’t shown up during this difficult time for those of us depending on Corner Brook Pulp and Paper.
The silence is palpable.
Where are all those communities who have asked for backing and morale support over the years to save their industries or services.
Not an encouraging word. Just the opposite in fact.
Go to any news website carrying stories about the mill’s continuing troubles including our own and read the vitriolic comments about the mill and its workers. Most of them would be happy to see the whole lot close and the workers thrown on the street.
Where is this bitterness coming from.
Few complained in the good old days when the tax money from the mill poured into the provincial coffers and helped improve the lot of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
Some of the smuggest comments seem to be coming from the far east.
Many nameless commenters are quick to dismiss any talk of offering help to get the mill over the hump until things have a chance to turn around.
They sit in a region that thrives on oil and government paycheques and throw darts at people who go to work every day and expect a decent wage for doing so.
They seem to ignore the fact that the oil is supposed to belong to all of us — no matter where we choose to live — and the money for the government paycheques they cash so gleefully comes out of the pockets of the rest of us trying to scrape a living outside the infamous overpass.
What ever became of the friendly Newfoundlanders who were always there when needed?
They must have their heads buried in their own self-satisfaction.
Listen resident of cornerbrook, simply put, the majority of NLers are not there backing up the mill because we don't need the mill's products anymore. yeah, there are people with lives and families, but it is not my family so i don't my tax dollars involved. sorry. I am so sick of government saving the jobs of a select few, that I truly want this mill to close so that it cannot ever again leach of the tax base. You say people have no heart or morals, yet you are entitled enough to say that everyone should pay for the newspaper in order to provide jobs to others when we can get the newspaper for free.....you want us to have a little less so someone else can have a job......what do I get out of that? recycling? no thanks.. I own many businesses and a law firm. 10 years ago, we used to use so much paper. Now, mostly everything is online. As a business, I have increased my profits but reducing our paper. I am happy to fatten my pockets while using less paper, even if some workers in a town that few knows exists lose their jobs. Invoices are now online, scholarly journals are online, correspondence is now on line....simply put, we don't need paper and therefore, we don't need the mill in cornerbrook. Sure, having the web on paper hurt the mill, but the same technology has saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last few year. So from where I sit, sure the mill is hurt, but I made more money, so I am okay with the impact on the mill. You may disagree, but we are equal as taxpayers and voters, and my view is no more or less legitimate than yours. We both are advocating for our interests, and my interests are aligned with the permanent closure of this mill. Once the mill closes, we can all move on to more important things.