All we seem to get are promises of hundreds of jobs for Canadians and people living in the Okanagan.
Well, if this is old news, so be it. My wife and I just got away and drove south for a few days, we hit the town of Oliver and from there on was a convoy of wide load trucks with (wait for it) pre-made jail, made in the US of A. To be delivered by U.S. transport and pilot cars and then assembled in Canada.
Yes folks, pre-made cells with doors and small slit windows with break proof glass (I would imagine).
It was only at the Osoyoos border I realized the pre-made pods were coming from the USA. Well on the upside, Canadian labour will be responsible for the assembly. Hope they remember the instructions to put all the pieces together. Don’t you just hate that?
The target date for the opening will be a day late as Peter’s Bros. are resurfacing the road between Oliver and Osoyoos so they can’t get the wide loads through due to Canadians at work.
Thank goodness some of us have work and can pay the city utilities bills and as far as not being able to eat and have electric to cook it with! Come on, what’s wrong with the local BBQ’d venison.
Andy Homan
Penticton