Priorities

I'm looking for a winter job. One place that I check, reluctantly of course, is the government's job bank. Today on my visit I looked at the features section in the lower right hand side. Now presumably the Government of Canada doesn't charge for people to post jobs on this site. However the jobs listed in the features section speak volumes about the state's priorities.

RCMP recruiting, Canadian Forces--both military and civilian jobs, and of course workers for the 'oil sands'. Kind of speaks volumes doesn't it? Especially that last one, which is clearly out of place given that the 'oil sands' arguably have no connection to the federal government. The feds actually own pieces of GM and Chrysler but you don't see ads for those jobs.

Let's come up with a new slogan for the job bank: "Cooking the planet while happily quashing dissent at home and abroad".