Everywhere you turn you can see the toll of this economic crises we are in. My latest reality check came about two weeks ago when visiting Westmount Mall. We all know the Mall has been struggling for some time now but I couldn't believe how bad things were when walking through.
While we walked through the mall I started counting all the empty spaces that were once occupied by stores. Once I hit twenty I stopped counting and was just speechless.
There are not even enough stores to fill half the mall now and I am not kidding. On the upper lever there is one wing completely abandoned.
It's such a bad feeling knowing and seeing what is happening and having no control over it. Some people think this problem is just centered over the Automotive Industry but in reality there are very few jobs that are immune to this situation.
I'd like to say things are going to turn around soon but this feeling in my gut tells me the worse is yet to come.
There are some optimists that say this will be over before the end of the year, lets hope they know something we don't. For now if you have a job be thankful because a lot of people don't.