Steve Demmings Says 35 Jobs 'Significant Win For Thunder Bay'
by Aye Shiitemahpanz Thursday, May. 17, 2007 at 10:36 AM

In his latest public bungle, Thunder Bay CEDC CEO described a paltry 35 new jobs to be created by the planned opening of an office in Thunder Bay by Superior Propane as a "significant win for Thunder Bay".

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In his latest public bungle, Thunder Bay CEDC CEO described a paltry 35 new jobs to be created by the planned opening of an office in Thunder Bay by Superior Propane as a "significant win for Thunder Bay".

"This is a very, very competitive game that we're in, on a global scale. And they had lots of options to choose from, but Thunder Bay came...tops in all the criteria.", said Demmings who was recently hired to lead Thunder Bay out of its economic quagmire.

However, it is what Demmings didn't say to reporters that should be of interest to Thunder Bay tax-payers: that is that since Demmings took office on March 26, 2007 Thunder Bay has lost a total of 708 high-paying jobs. What's worse is that Superior Propane's decision to open a small office in Thunder Bay had absolutely nothing to do with Demmings and his bloated, over-paid staff of 6.

Equally embarrassing for the City of Thunder Bay is the fact that the number of bureaucrats (Demmings included) who are clamouring to take credit for Superior Propane's paltry 35 jobs almost exceeds the number of jobs to be created by Superior Propane in the first place.

Lesson learned for the City of Thunder Bay? When your local economy is in ruin, don't hire an unemployed, failed Call Centre salesman from Manitoba and expect him to be able to fix it.

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