As one miner — fearful of having to seek work out of town — put it, “[My kids] say ‘where are you going to go, dad? I don’t want you to leave, dad.’ What do I tell my kids?”
“I honestly don’t know what to say to them.”
Tell them you will give them a big hug when you come home for a visit. When I was little and living in Nova Scotia… my father worked in Labrador. He’d get home the odd weekend.
Former coal miners are eligible for $5,000 to cover moving expenses and up to $12,000 to pay for tuition at a post-secondary school.
My business of 20 years failed. I relocated to Alberta. I wasn’t given $5,000 for moving expenses or offered $12,000 to pay for tuition at a post-secondary school.
Time for some Albertans’ to grow a pair and quit your whining. #abpoli #ableg
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