[Snowtractor]

Transport Canada airports privatised about 7-8 years ago now. Very few working at the airports had heard a whisper of it and in unusual speed within a year and a half transport CANADA was out of the airport running business. This airport alone had three buildings torn down and nothing was sold from them. The year they switched over they bought new equipment and refurbished the garage before handing it over to the GNWT. There were beautiful steel work benches , shelving , lighting, heaters , and an older airport sweeper/blower that went to the dump and they even hauled out their own cat to crush it themselves so no one else would get it. Having a wife who worked for them as a clerk and hearing how stuff that was decomissioned was off the books and they had no line to get money for it I understand that part. I have been told that it is all supposed to crown stores to be sold off but there are loopholes, like if you say its unserviceable. These are a couple of things I witnessed working at the airport like the 200,000 crash truck being sold to the town for a buck and then the town sold it off for 9000 dollars. I have heard of "other" stories but I was not accessing them when I said care should be taken. I didn't say it 'WOULD' happen, only that it could.
Now you have a story to reference second hand :-)
Sean
PS I should add that one of the bldgs destroyed has a beautiful cement basement and at over 200dollars per yard for cement you generally keep those. The company I worked for tried to rent it for and had written up and offer to refurbish it inside and out AND pay rent at the going rate, which on an airport is exorbitant. But they chose to destroy the building instead. These things happen.
PPS I don't hate museums, I wish they would get more funding Like the Vimy memorial should or the new Canadian war museum in France. I hope to give my carrier and memorabilia to one sometime in the future, possibly the Winnipeg Rifles little museum. To your point about concientious people in gov. , there are many. I consider myself and my wife two of them, but I have seen stuff walk out the door as my wife has and paid the price for being diligent. I was threatened with my job, the manager got training and a promotion, whatever. Once again I just say keep an eye on what happens, the base commander may have no choice in the matter.