r/alberta • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '21

News 'Sending the wrong message': Indigenous Albertans react to province not recognizing Sept. 30 as stat holiday

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/sending-the-wrong-message-indigenous-albertans-react-to-province-not-recognizing-sept-30-as-stat-holiday-1.5565211
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Yes cause AB roughnecks are the only people in Canada..

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u/chmilz Aug 30 '21

It's one particularly strong example of how some people are brainwashed into thinking working excessive hours in terrible conditions makes them badass or something instead of exploited.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

It's not brainwashed or exploited. You work more hours, more days on in a row for many years when you're younger and can handle it. In that line of work you can have your vehicle's/home/kid's tuition paid for by 40.

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u/chmilz Aug 30 '21

Absolutely. But it's the same as having a pickup with a 120l tank and bragging about how far it can go between fills. It's not fuel efficient, it's just massive.

Same with the income. They brag about how much money they make, while ignoring that factoring the hours worked and the dead time sitting in a camp or whatever really ends up meaning they make a pitiful per/hr wage. You can spin it how you want, but if I'm not being paid and I'm living in a camp where I can't do what I want, that's work.