Hotel Courtenay Bay has received some press recently over a terrible incident that should serve notice to the "pack mentality" that union workers seem to have in this city...a group of out-of-province workers booked reservations at this hotel (on Irving's dime) and were awakened each morning at 4 am to fog horns, blockades and a large ruckus...while Hotel Courtenay Bay estimates their costs at 1 million dollars (there is no way that figure is accurate given that they charge $144 a night (that would be the equivalent to 6944 reserved nights...sure, there would be food debts as well, but you still wouldn't get near this figure)), there is an even greater damage that this could serve to the city of Saint John...
Ask anyone what the overwhelming theme in this city is, and they will tell you that Irving controls the city...but here were Irving employees, brought in special for the project being deterred by the union, with little to no help offered to the Irvings to protect their interests...
And this is why the city's real reputation should be broadcast high and low...while the Irvings control a lot of the businesses, the unions control the city, if only because the police intentionally look the other way whenever they want to do something...
The protesters gained a sense of righteousness because some of them were stupid enough to stand in front of a Hotel Courtenay Bay bus and almost got hit, while they were trespassing...this city has laws against trespassing, against disturbing the peace, and against unlawful gathering, but apparently, this wasn't a cause the police were willing to uphold the law for...
From the Telegraph Journal, "Mike Duncan, a protester, said the group is sorry for the inconveniences the demonstrators caused the homes located in a residential neighbourhood next to the hotel. He said the group planned to visit each home Friday night and offer an apology and a grocery store gift certificate."...he goes on to say that isn't sorry for disturbing Hotel Courtenay Bay's right to conduct business...
The fact that someone can claim responsibility for actions which are illegal in this land and have it published in the paper without the police even considering laying charges has to leave even the calmest of individuals a little unnerved...what if when they demonstrate next (whenever that happens to be), they attack and hurt some innocent person who was curious what the fuss was about? Sure, they'll claim that they didn't mean to, but they were allowed to form a mob, without any legal ramifications for their actions...
Once again we see a situation where people have buddies in the right places, so justice is blindfolded...and once again, the guilty parties are dumb enough to credit for it...only to not face any sort of punishment...
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