We Usually Only Take Their Homeless
photo credit: Vlastula
BC has been a little mad at Alberta ever since Ralph decided to give one-way tickets to Vancouver to all newcomers seeking welfare benefits - along with a list of how much better Vancouver’s benefits were.
Seems that Vancouver is now looking to Calgary for a better type of export.
A banner was seen flying high above Calgary’s skyline Tuesday reading, “Join Vancouver’s Finest”. It’s part of a public relations campaign paid for by the Vancouver Police Department to try and bolster its ranks for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
“It’s a trying time to hire new officers — the days when we’d get 1,000 applications just by running a cheesy ad are over — so now we have to go to extraordinary means.”
John Dooks, head of the Calgary Police Association, wasted no time in hammering the air-recruitment stunt.
“I think they’ll be hard-pressed to get any of our current members to leave Calgary, but this could be an opportunity for someone who wants to get into policing, but didn’t qualify for classes here, due to high standards,” said Dooks.
“They could go to Vancouver, learn about policing, and when they get good, they can come back here.”
The war continues…
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October 21st, 2008 at 9:25 pm
HA! Being from Alberta, I thought Ralph was brilliant in pointing out that BC had better benefits and better weather! You should be happy, fewer homeless froze to death because they moved to BC.
Now, as far as our most talented, they are fair game to the highest bidder. You might want to advertise in England and Australia too. Give them instant citizenship.
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
One of the biggest mistakes the police services in Canada have done is bring in the brits, they form cliques which refuse to work with other members, hurting the services not to mention the constant “well we do it this way back home” mentality that comes with them.