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Originally Posted by Regina Boi
I must admit I have mixed feeling about the Loblaw announcement and the intermodal facility. I am very happy to see the train yards moving from the downtown. However, has anyone stopped to consider the implications of all this? I for one love seeing all the beautiful fields of wheat and canola outside of the city. This is prime farmland that will be destroyed at a time when world food shortages are rapidly rising. We can also expect pollution levels within the city to rise as well. You can't have huge warehouse facilities without huge diesel spewing semi trucks coming and going 24 hours a day. You also have to consider that the majority of the jobs created will not be high paying jobs. The Lablaw facility for example is not being operated by the grocery chain. They've contracted it out to a third party vendor, who can run things cheaper. People are not going to move to the city for a job that pays $10.00-$15.00 per hour. Lastly, this is going to look very ugly, hundreds of acres of land taken up by one-million-square-foot warehouses. Yuck!
For me the old saying "be careful what you wish for" comes to mind. I feel a monster has been created and will soon run out of control.
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There will still be wheat and canola surrounding the city...we're in Saskatchewan bud. It's everywhere.
It's good news. Sure if will be crappy if the jobs are all low paying. But it's good news. It's huge investment in our city from a major national corporation that will only spur more investment. This is simply the first step.
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