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Several U.S. states were reportedly prepared to offer more than double that amount of subsidy. But Fedchun said much of that extra money would have been eaten away by higher training costs than are necessary for the Woodstock project.
He said Nissan and Honda have encountered difficulties getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to an untrained – and often illiterate – workforce. In Alabama, trainers had to use “pictorials” to teach some illiterate workers how to use high-tech plant equipment.
“The educational level and the skill level of the people down there is so much lower than it is in Ontario,” Fedchun said.
In addition to lower training costs, Canadian workers are also $4 to $5 cheaper to employ partly thanks to the taxpayer-funded health-care system in Canada, said federal Industry Minister David Emmerson.
“Most people don’t think of our health-care system as being a competitive advantage,” he said…. Rest of Article

I am a Japanese School Teacher
By: Azrael
In August 2003 I moved to Kyoto, Japan as a part of the JET program. I am an assistant language teacher in three Jr. High schools. The experience has been…interesting to say the least. Interesting enough to warrant it’s own editorial.
However, there isn’t just one editorial that could cover everything about my experiences here. So I decided to make it into an editorial series. This is the main page – check here for updates…. Rest of Article

“The tradecraft was beyond appalling,” said an intelligence official with long experience in clandestine affairs. “I’d have to wonder if these were CIA officers trained in the clandestine arts.”

Some suggested the operation could have been carried out by intelligence officials from the FBI or the U.S. military.

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