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Little improvements Bosche had made did he realize that his skills and on the property, they asked for the experience renovating houses and same. “We started doing a lot of his desire to transmit his knowledge work for people there.” to Ecuadorian workers would soon But the long arduous winters with get the better of him. “snow piled up six feet” and moun- Not that he’s complaining, far tains of ice in the river during the from it. spring thaw persuaded the couple to We bumped into Bosche at his and look elsewhere in 2008. our favourite lunch spot – Jhimmy’s “I put a spread sheet together of a on the second street behind the bunch of different venues, includ- seaside malecon in Salinas, Ecuador, ing Asia, with a checklist for politi- where he lunches with his workers. cal climate, stability, weather, safety A boss sharing the $3 lunch with and we narrowed it down to Belize, employees is not something that Panama, and Ecuador. most Ecuadorian employers will “We decided to come to Ecuador do — for most it’s a no-no, a reflec- (in the winter of 2009) first to take a tion of the inherent class system look at what we would not like about here that divides those who give Photo: Barbara Moser it. We wanted to live in a place where orders and pay wages from those Donald Bosch with his Ecuadorian crew we could appreciate things better, who carry them out. often because of the lack of them. But Bosche has a different attitude it follows the workers to where they sideline as a renovator doing favours “In Canada, everything is perfect, toward labour relations. He was born are using it. for people, which morphed into a everything is right there. You pay in Lachine to a French Canadian “They just don’t come to work — business. “I’ve always been working a lot for it, but it’s right there. Here mother and Flemish father, grew up they come to learn,” he notes. with my hands,” he recalls. it’s more concentrated on people as in Dorion and Dollard des Ormeaux When we stopped by to visit “We bought a lot of homes in opposed to things, and that’s what and moved to Holland at age 8 in Bosche and crew at a construction our lives, we lived in them, worked really attracted us.” 1968 with his new stepfather. site in nearby Punta Carnero, a few on them, and when it was done As they travelled around, they “My goal is to help people, to show kilometers from Salinas, we saw we’d say, ‘okay let’s sell it now.’ It saw that things in Ecuador today them how to do things differently, smiling workers and Bosche work- gives you more experience as you are similar to what they were half a and give them extremely valuable ing with them, wearing a cloth under go along, every house gets a little century ago in Canada and Holland. skills,” he says. his cap to keep the sun off his neck. bigger, a little nicer — after you’ve “We were still about neighbours In construction and renovation, The workers appeared pleased, done a whole bunch of them, you and community and people as that means showing Ecuadorian not only to be earning a living but know what you want.” opposed to how big your car is, workers “all the little things that we to be treated with respect by their In 2005, the couple decided to how big your house is, what kind of have learned, sharing that wealth of boss-teacher. Bosch learned Spanish semi-retire. He was 46 and his inter- clothes you wear: It was more about knowledge they don’t have and are to add to his repertoire of languages ests were elsewhere. They were living who you are as a person, and that’s eager to learn.” that includes French, English, Dutch the quiet life on Carillon Island, what attracted us. This includes how to use materi- and German. in the middle of the Ottawa River, “Walking in the streets of small als to increase insulation to maintain Returning to Canada from Holland raising chickens and rabbits on this towns, people and little kids look at a constant temperature, and such at 22, he opened West Island Glass relatively isolated site. But life was you, want to know who you are, so simple techiques as using longer in Pierrefonds, selling windows tough in winter when they needed an different, friendly, and welcoming. handles on tools to reduce wear and and doors with his wife, Monique airboat to cross the water to Lachute. Continued on page 4 tear on workers’ backs and putting Clairmont. wheels on a box of mixed cement so As he remembers, he started his One Tulip, One Canada 150 years May 18 Ottawa’s Tulip Festival is a perfect way to welcome Spring WE BUY GOLD & ANTIQUES... Royal Tulip Tour. Guided City Highlights. Providing excellent service since 1975 Lunch at Tucker’s Marketplace $85 WE BUY ENTIRE & PARTIAL ESTATES & SINGLE ITEMS Atlantic City • May 15-19 4 nights at Tropicana FURNITURE • JEWELRY • COLLECTIBLES • ART $45 slot credit, 4 buffet suppers Quebec City and The Tall Ships $525 dbl, $725 single Regatta • July 22-23 WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS ARE: 1 night at the Château Mont-Sainte-Anne Downsizing, Redecorating, Relocation, Mohegan Sun Earth Towers & Foxwoods • June 12-15 Hotel Loss of loved ones or Liquidation. 3 nights at Mohegan Sun all 1 supper cruise on the Louis Jolliet New Earth Towers Fireworks Visit to Foxwoods Casino Free time in Quebec city’s port to enjoy WE PAY CASH! [email protected] 3 Coupon Buffets, $40 Slot Play the Tall Ships Free in-home consultation by a certified appraiser $305 dbl, $435 single $325 dbl, $399 single JOHN 514-560-7720 7707 Shelley, Montreal (Call for appt.) theseniortimes.com April 2017 THE SENIOR TIMES 3 Expats and Ecuadorians alike came this,” he observes, but the men he is Teach a man to fish and he’s fed for life by, liked what they saw, and asked if working with will be able to carry on Continued from page 3 he could do the same for them.
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