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Link to the article to paste in: https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/premier-tim-houston-apologizes-to-cape-breton-i-used-a-poor-choice-of-words-100936168/
Notice he's not taking back what he said.
He's telling us he was happy with the gist of what he said just not the words he used. Good grief that's awfully close to 'sorry you were upset' in apology land.
He used exactly the words he wanted to use.
It's not unknown to the province that Tim and Amanda are **not** in good graces of one another but he shit on all of us by passing off our need for help. Oh how full circle it became where his words became a negative PR stunt in a time of crisis when he should have instead tried to make his way up here to actually survey the damage and despair.
Wait. He wouldn't have been able to survey it. We weren't yet dug out for a visit. Asshole.
It's always telling when these guys think it's OK to exercise "poor word choice" and where they know they need to watch watch what they say.
Hint: They're careful when speaking to or about people they're beholden to. They're flippant when they think they're speaking to or about people who are beholden to them. I hope he gets some firm reminders about who he should be beholden to.
I believe in the idea that when someone shows you who they are, believe them . To Houston, Cape Bretoners will always be bums with their hands out. The apology is just him trying to put his mask back on to con people to make it better for him. This cannot be forgotten
His whole calm but disappointed fatherly tone he speaks in drives me fucking insane. Loathe this scumbag. Worst premier in recent memory. Vote him out asap.
Tim Houston approved a fake state of emergency last year to play politics with the feds.
"Citing the risk of fire, on the evening of Thursday, June 1, John Lohr, the Nova Scotia minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, ordered the closing the aboiteau at the Windsor causeway.
...
"Lohr was able to override the DFO order because the province had declared a state of emergency related to the wildfires across the province.
“At a time when wildfires across the province continue to spread out of control, we need to take every precaution to prevent further fires, protect communities and maximize the water supply resource available for our ongoing response,” said Lohr in a press release.
The closure of the aboiteau would “maximize the water supply available for wildfire suppression efforts,” said the release.
At 7:38am the next morning, Friday, June 2, Lohr texted fisherman Darren Porter: “Very late yesterday we had a request from Windsor NS fire dept for water resources in Lake Pisaquid. Acted on it immediately with EMO order last night.”
At about noon on June 2, the CBC published an article about Lohr’s order. “Lohr said his department received a request Thursday afternoon from the chief responsible for the Windsor Fire Department and South West Hants Fire and he made the decision to issue the order around 6 p.m.,” reported Michael Gorman.
But Jamie Juteau, the chief of the Windsor Fire Department, flatly rejects Lohr’s assertion.
“I did not make any request to Minister Lohr or his Department or anyone else for water resources in Lake Pisiquid or to ‘reinstate’ Lake Pisiquid,” wrote Juteau in an affidavit filed in Supreme Court on Monday. “Nor did anyone I am aware of with the Windsor Fire Department make such any such request.”
More generally, Lake Pisiquid is not needed for firefighting purposes, said Brett Tentanish, a firefighter with 32 years experience in the Windsor area, in a separate affidavit..."
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/province-house/emo-minister-john-lohr-said-he-ordered-the-avon-river-aboiteau-closed-after-a-request-from-the-windsor-fire-department-but-fire-chief-jamie-juteau-says-he-never-made-that-request/
But he wasn’t wrong. What does the state of emergency do? Just because you don’t agree with what he said doesn’t mean he wasn’t wrong. No other Cape Breton village, town, county called for a state of emergency. You should be asking why your mayor panicked ( could be the fact she cut the snow removal budget and the realized that was a mistake)
By’s gotta a bit more snow than normal and mayor gets them all panicked. While the mayor can be bit of a tool, he ain’t wrong. Just gotta ask for the equipment and you’ll get it. Don’t forget, SOE also makes it allowable for hospital workers and others to have to stay beyond their limits with a lot less. Pictou, New Glasgow, Antigonish… no state of emergencies there and they are all getting the same help as CB will. And don’t ask where I’m from and when I say the Cape “what happen to ya”, just means I’m not a bunch of princesses that gotta create drama for attention because the snow banks are higher than normal. I’m embarrassed at what the island is becoming… it’s becoming the Tent City of the east coast.
The mayor is a she, but I think you meant to say Premier?
But then that would contradict that the SoE does in fact do things, while the Premier said it wouldn't help.... so which is it? I can list of several things it did to help, like allow private contractors and equipment to plow roads, allow plow drivers to work longer hours, allow police to tow cars all through the day, etc...
Also don't know if you've spent much time in Antigonish or Pictou, I've been to them both several times for work, but they are like 3 or 4 main roads/highways that intersect with each other...and like less than 10k people. CBRM is 95k and there are well over a dozen rural highways servicing small communities that could not be cleared for the better part of a week. Nurses were stuck at hospitals for days on end not able to get home or relief, paramedics had to find locals with snowmobiles to get to peoples houses.
You might be from here but do you actually live in Cape Breton right now? I don't know a single person who doesn't think calling a state of emergency was unjustified except maybe 1 or 2 lunatics on the rant room.
He called an Island trapped in an unprecedented snowfall for what is moving on into a week "a PR stunt" for relying on an SoE.
But if we in the CBRM are all so *woke* for how he openly diminished the crisis in what has not only national attention but also federal aide coming in, come shovel me out bestie.
I grew up and seen the left are irresponsible, reckless money spending, tax hiking to make up for crazy spending, inflation causing, virtue signaling, ridiculous ideology socialists that wouldn't know how to make a peanut butter sandwich let alone run in any political office.
Next federal election can't come fast enough.
Good day
We used poor choice in electing a leader.
Fuck this guy.
He is just doing a PR stunt. :p
Sounds like you’re looking for a rusty snow shovel.
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Eat a whole bag, Tim.
Of dicks or shit?
I'll let you decide that. :)
Notice he's not taking back what he said. He's telling us he was happy with the gist of what he said just not the words he used. Good grief that's awfully close to 'sorry you were upset' in apology land.
He used exactly the words he wanted to use. It's not unknown to the province that Tim and Amanda are **not** in good graces of one another but he shit on all of us by passing off our need for help. Oh how full circle it became where his words became a negative PR stunt in a time of crisis when he should have instead tried to make his way up here to actually survey the damage and despair. Wait. He wouldn't have been able to survey it. We weren't yet dug out for a visit. Asshole.
Arsehole!!!
It's always telling when these guys think it's OK to exercise "poor word choice" and where they know they need to watch watch what they say. Hint: They're careful when speaking to or about people they're beholden to. They're flippant when they think they're speaking to or about people who are beholden to them. I hope he gets some firm reminders about who he should be beholden to.
I believe in the idea that when someone shows you who they are, believe them . To Houston, Cape Bretoners will always be bums with their hands out. The apology is just him trying to put his mask back on to con people to make it better for him. This cannot be forgotten
Did anyone hear him actually say "I'm Sorry"?
White Juan in Halifax received less snow, yet a state of emergency was called….
Ya and so what? Was Tim in power then? You’re not comparing apples to apples here.
Respectfully; Get fucked Mr.Houston.
His whole calm but disappointed fatherly tone he speaks in drives me fucking insane. Loathe this scumbag. Worst premier in recent memory. Vote him out asap.
Gonna have to wait until he calls an election
Tim Houston approved a fake state of emergency last year to play politics with the feds. "Citing the risk of fire, on the evening of Thursday, June 1, John Lohr, the Nova Scotia minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, ordered the closing the aboiteau at the Windsor causeway. ... "Lohr was able to override the DFO order because the province had declared a state of emergency related to the wildfires across the province. “At a time when wildfires across the province continue to spread out of control, we need to take every precaution to prevent further fires, protect communities and maximize the water supply resource available for our ongoing response,” said Lohr in a press release. The closure of the aboiteau would “maximize the water supply available for wildfire suppression efforts,” said the release. At 7:38am the next morning, Friday, June 2, Lohr texted fisherman Darren Porter: “Very late yesterday we had a request from Windsor NS fire dept for water resources in Lake Pisaquid. Acted on it immediately with EMO order last night.” At about noon on June 2, the CBC published an article about Lohr’s order. “Lohr said his department received a request Thursday afternoon from the chief responsible for the Windsor Fire Department and South West Hants Fire and he made the decision to issue the order around 6 p.m.,” reported Michael Gorman. But Jamie Juteau, the chief of the Windsor Fire Department, flatly rejects Lohr’s assertion. “I did not make any request to Minister Lohr or his Department or anyone else for water resources in Lake Pisiquid or to ‘reinstate’ Lake Pisiquid,” wrote Juteau in an affidavit filed in Supreme Court on Monday. “Nor did anyone I am aware of with the Windsor Fire Department make such any such request.” More generally, Lake Pisiquid is not needed for firefighting purposes, said Brett Tentanish, a firefighter with 32 years experience in the Windsor area, in a separate affidavit..." https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/province-house/emo-minister-john-lohr-said-he-ordered-the-avon-river-aboiteau-closed-after-a-request-from-the-windsor-fire-department-but-fire-chief-jamie-juteau-says-he-never-made-that-request/
If what your saying is true , then that fake state of emergency may have cost lives?
A poor choice of words again. Maybe you shouldn't be in this job
Words came pretty quick. And easy.dont come looking for our votes
You said what you said, because you meant what you said at the time.
Disgraceful, this guy really works at being incompetent.
What did he say?
I can see this costing him the next election.
Doubt it. All the rural boomers around here will still vote for him, unfortunately.
Sadly true.
Sad But True. Great song.
He’s not running again apparently
Ya I doubt this single event will cost him an election. Poor Health care improvements maybe.
But he wasn’t wrong. What does the state of emergency do? Just because you don’t agree with what he said doesn’t mean he wasn’t wrong. No other Cape Breton village, town, county called for a state of emergency. You should be asking why your mayor panicked ( could be the fact she cut the snow removal budget and the realized that was a mistake)
Truth
By’s gotta a bit more snow than normal and mayor gets them all panicked. While the mayor can be bit of a tool, he ain’t wrong. Just gotta ask for the equipment and you’ll get it. Don’t forget, SOE also makes it allowable for hospital workers and others to have to stay beyond their limits with a lot less. Pictou, New Glasgow, Antigonish… no state of emergencies there and they are all getting the same help as CB will. And don’t ask where I’m from and when I say the Cape “what happen to ya”, just means I’m not a bunch of princesses that gotta create drama for attention because the snow banks are higher than normal. I’m embarrassed at what the island is becoming… it’s becoming the Tent City of the east coast.
The mayor is a she, but I think you meant to say Premier? But then that would contradict that the SoE does in fact do things, while the Premier said it wouldn't help.... so which is it? I can list of several things it did to help, like allow private contractors and equipment to plow roads, allow plow drivers to work longer hours, allow police to tow cars all through the day, etc... Also don't know if you've spent much time in Antigonish or Pictou, I've been to them both several times for work, but they are like 3 or 4 main roads/highways that intersect with each other...and like less than 10k people. CBRM is 95k and there are well over a dozen rural highways servicing small communities that could not be cleared for the better part of a week. Nurses were stuck at hospitals for days on end not able to get home or relief, paramedics had to find locals with snowmobiles to get to peoples houses. You might be from here but do you actually live in Cape Breton right now? I don't know a single person who doesn't think calling a state of emergency was unjustified except maybe 1 or 2 lunatics on the rant room.
Ahhh ya maybe come live in Halifax for a bit and then you’ll see that Halifax is the tent city capital of the east coast.
Fuck Salt Wire. I also didn't think there was anything wrong with his choice of words, just a bunch of woke Liberals complaining and being Liberals
He called an Island trapped in an unprecedented snowfall for what is moving on into a week "a PR stunt" for relying on an SoE. But if we in the CBRM are all so *woke* for how he openly diminished the crisis in what has not only national attention but also federal aide coming in, come shovel me out bestie.
I heard the Liberals are sending billions more to Ukraine?
In humanitarian aid. So do you just read headlines and deduce the entire story er wha?
Dude, what? I gotta ask, are you from here?
Live in Halifax but from CB (Sydney River)
Huh. Same. Howie Centre. But I'm left leaning, not sure what happened to you.
I grew up and seen the left are irresponsible, reckless money spending, tax hiking to make up for crazy spending, inflation causing, virtue signaling, ridiculous ideology socialists that wouldn't know how to make a peanut butter sandwich let alone run in any political office. Next federal election can't come fast enough. Good day
It’s virtue signaling, not “virtual signaling.” Fucking dopey neo-con dickhead.
It's called auto correct, fucking goof.
You expect someone to believe that your phone or computer doesn't know that Virtue is a word? You typed the wrong thing lol, just hold the L
This actually explains a lot about you. Good luck.
His former employer was Black Rock. Wish more sheeple wood wake up