This seems to be the new metric of business practice in Prince George, but it is only the first layer on the proverbial onion. The reality is that many of the simplest notions of proper business etiquette and propriety have been thrown out the window.
A reminder to all here in PG, we were once a very pro-union town and in many ways we still are. Union shops like the pulp mill, teachers, nurses and so many more, make living wages, they spend their money, and yes...they spend it in the private businesses that are anti-union and do not want to pay living wages themselves.
If you are the city, why are you purchasing vehicles from elsewhere? Why are you always hiring construction firms from elsewhere, firms that build using methods unsuitable for PG weather? Engineers not familiar with the PG geography? Importing administration with no vested interest except in demanding mercenary wages?