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Originally Posted by BCPhil
Wait, why does this story just blow off the closing of a major industrial plant like it is an inconsequential MacGuffin to the plot of taxpayers needing to pay $4.2 million for an upgrade? Sure, $4.2 million and a loss in revenue is bad news, but worse news is the Norampac linerboard mill closing, yet there is half a sentence dedicated to that. That's a lot of good paying jobs and business taxes down the crapper.
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I thought the exact same, there goes another lingering thread of our heavy industry in this region. Very sad, oh well, i guess we will all soon be making 10 bucks an hour at a crappy service job in a metro where the average housing / condo cost is completely out of whack.