It took the former training manager of Little Ceasars Canada to speak the truth, but finally someone has been brave enough to say what we've all known in our hearts for years now - Leduc needs a Cactus Club Café.

Without an outlet of the flagship destination restaurant in the Alberta town of 30,000, young go-getters like 33-year-old Jackie Thomas have little to do aside from watching Sex in the City re-runs in her $400,000, 1600-square foot home with two master bedrooms and a large backyard (a show that, by the way, Ms. Thomas could totally see herself "doing well in!")

Allowing would-be Carrie Bradshaws such as Ms. Thomas to suffer in a town lacking the amenities to suit her lifestyle (can one even find a mimosa in Leduc?) is no help to anyone. The situation was so dire that Ms. Thomas abandoned her Leduc home, packed up her collection of knit onesies, and moved back to Toronto (by which I mean Mississauga) after just three months, at a cost of $12,000.

I ask you: what kind of world do we want to live in? One where a 33-year-old earning "six figures" would rather spend $2300/month to rent a one-bedroom condo near a shopping mall in Toronto (by which I mean Mississauga) than spend a full season in Leduc? How will Leduc flourish if it can't attract tenacious go-getters like Ms. Thomas?

The answer, is simple: we must build a Cactus Club Café in Leduc!
 

If we build it, they will come, snapping up our suburban homes, and filling the pizza chain training manager positions left vacant for far too long, which we all know has undermined the very foundations of Alberta's economy.

Let's not wait for Big Government to do what needs to be done here - once we've spent the $8 million to build a Cactus Club Café in Leduc, the "shisha lounges with friendly 30-year-olds" will surely follow, as will Rebel Nightclub, Sugar Daddy's, and Joey's. Soon Leduc will be ringing with the sound of high heels clacking through the snow on a Tuesday!

Surely that's the Leduc we all want. Help us make that happen - let's build a Cactus Club Café in Leduc! 

But if, for some reason, we fall short of the $8 million mark, let's instead donate whatever we do raise to the Leduc HUB Association.