$500,000 / 41 = 12,195 per job $500,000 / 200 = $2,500 per job how many of the 200 seasonal labourers are "guest workers?" imagine giving the 41 employess each $12,195 to retrain? or giving all 200 each $2,500 to retrain? imagine giving Simcoe Leaf $500,000 to transition to an alternate crop? i really don't think that the money is a scandal as such, what i do wonder about is whay the the gov't would be propping up an unsustainable industry. OMAFRA has all sorts of programs in place for tobacco belt farmers who want to quit tobacco...why not throw the money in there??