The National Debt Clock on it's way to Victoria, BCLaunch in Victoria, BCPit-stop in Duncan, BCTaking the ferry to VancouverBC provincial debt press conferenceSurrey Board of Trade luncheon with Colin HansenPhoto opportunity at Langley Township HallPub night at Finnegan's Pub and Phoenix LoungePit-stop in ChilliwackRotary Club breakfast at Kelowna Yacht ClubSneakers Pub nightFrick and Frack Tap HouseBanff National ParkJB Higgenbotham building stimulus plan projectBomber Command MuseumGlobal TV studios and City HallRed Deer City HallEdmonton City HallThe Giant PysankaLloydminster City HallPit-stop in MaidstoneAnother casualty of the federal debtSaskatoon Public LibraryCTF Head OfficeMoose Jaw a.k.a Dog RIver (Corner Gas)Time to terminate the deficit!Pit-stop in EstevanStares and a bucket of chickenMeeting with the Brandon SunNeepawa Public Access TV's cool set-upInterviews and a giant can of Coca ColaPress conference and supporter meet-upClearspring CentreWinnipeg LegislatureCovent Garden Market and OES ScoreboardsVictoria Park and the Cambridge Visitor CenterFinance Minister Jim Flaherty's officeCanadian Tire on Elgin StreetPit-stop in TrentonCity Hall in BellevilleBrockville City HallCORUS Media Station and Kingston City HallParliament HillCarleton Place Town HallArnprior City HallRenfrew City HallThe Big "Owe" in MontrealPhotos in Quebec CityGarrison Ale House and Fredericton LegislaturePit-stop in WoodstockProvincial budget day for New BrunswickConfederation HouseWaterfront MallThe Amherst Daily News OfficeSpringhill, CanadaSome Bobby Awards historyHighlands MallAntigonish MallTim Horton's and the MastodonAtlantica Hotel, the Citadel, and 95.7 FM Talk RadioGM (Government Motors) dealership in KentvilleHalifax, CanadaPeggy's Cove, CanadaLunenburg, Canada
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Stewiacke, Canada
It was a good thing we waited. Stewiacke turned out the be our best stop of the day. We were just in a parking lot by a Sobey's and a Tim Horton's, taking some photos with Patrick, and just as we had finished up and were about to turn off the clock, a truck driver named John walks over. He has just parked his rig and was on his way into Timmy's when he asked us "Is this the thing that got banned from Parliament Hill?"
"Yeah it is," Scott replied. Turns out he had just heard all about it on the Tom Young show on News 88.9 FM in Saint John, NB. He asked about Ottawa and if we ever made it onto the Hill. "We had to go across the road" we told him, "good enough though."
"Those politicians! Great that you guys are doing this" he said as he waved and wandered off.
Then a guy with his wife pulled up in their company van. He got out for a few minutes and asked lots of questions about how the number is calculated and how much of the debt is held foreignly. We talked about the US debt a little as well. It was easy to see the whole subject of debt was making his blood boil - he was cursing up a storm!
Then he cracked a joke: "We invented stealing out here in Nova Scotia, and now the politicians are the ones stealing from us." He explained that the area used to have a bunch of commerce back in the day, and any way politicians could think of to steal from working folks they did.
We chatted a few more minutes than he and his wife took off and since we were close by, we headed over to Stewiacke's Mastodon Ridge, which has a life-size statue of a mastodon, a prehistoric tusked elephant. We got a photo of the debt clock by the ridge. Wouldn't it be nice if deficit spending was a relic of the past?
On our way back down we saw the same guy with his wife again, and he asked us if he could get a picture on his Blackberry. We said "sure," and fired up the clock one more time for the shot. As we were doing this, he got interested in how the generator was all hooked up, so we gave him a little tour of the trailer before he went back out to take his pictures. He specifically liked that there was a Timmy's in the background to make the photo more "Canadian."
We got to chatting with him a bit more and we learned that he runs a small business and usually has 3-5 employees working for him. He said that every time he has to cut a cheque to the government it drives him crazy because he can see how a lot of it just gets wasted, and that he could really stand to pay the government less and his business and employees more.
"Thanks for the photos," he said. Scott offered to get in on a photo with him and some more shots were taken. We never did get his name before he left, but he's a pretty good example of how many small business owners in Canada feel the pinch of deficit spending.
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