Urban Regeneration Bill

[WMS]

Right, looking at this bill makes me feel very nervous. While revitalization and regeneration is important, this strikes me more as life support and not a cure. Keeping unprofitable businesses in Atlasia sustained with government funds seems foolish to me. I know textile mills, steel mines, coal mines, tyre factories, family farms and orange groves are important to Atlasia, and give it that defining character, but in all honesty, unsuccessful businesses are suppose to fail in a capitalist society.

Al, I love the spirit in which this bill is introduced, and what the intent is, but I am not sure this is the best way to go about it. I live in a town called Brampton, Ontario, it is famous as 'Flowertown' because it had so many greenhouses and produced many of the best flowers in the nation. However, with time, the flower business dried up, under this proposal the greenhouses would still be around, regardless of how outdated and impractical it is. Brampton turned itself into a '905' city and became a prosperous suburb.

Perhaps focus needs to be made in helping businesses in these cities with modernizing their equipment, or whatever they need to survive.

Siege

I agree with the Honorable Senator from Maine. I support the goals of what Al is trying to do, but I'm unsure whether this bill is the best way to do it.

[WMS]

Just a thought, but perhaps some sort of job retraining via, say, community colleges, could be useful to have in the bill? You know, to help out those workers whose jobs were lost and unlikely to return?

Comments?

[WMS]

Just a thought, but perhaps some sort of job retraining via, say, community colleges, could be useful to have in the bill? You know, to help out those workers whose jobs were lost and unlikely to return?

Comments?

Aha... originally this (Urban Regeneration) was part a) of a joint bill me and Supersoulty were working on. If this passes I'll introduce the other half (educational stuff) if he doesn't.

Ah, got it.

And can you and John Ford come to a compromise on this?