She wore a t-shirt supporting equal pay for women globally. She happily leaves her tight knit community in Cape Breton as a grandmother to work for the excitement, independence, and money in oil excavations. Women are valued for their ability to carry through on projects here she tells me and heavy haulers trucks break down less with female drivers. There is more work for women in the trades here than anywhere else.
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