Seems the Liberals are doing everything they can to appeal to Ontario voters. They (liberals) had a long time under Dalton to address the worker protection roll backs of the Harris Cons but up until now, nothing but it's a start.
And because they did nothing I'm thinking this is something the NDP wants and to that I say good for them.
Of course Alberta is going Tea Party
The Conservative political movement in Canada has decided to test the outer limits of the Constitutional freedom to associate, passing progressively more draconian restrictions on worker associations. The latest battle ground is conservative Alberta, where the Conservative Party has past such draconian anti-collective bargaining laws that all three opposition parties (including the Wild Rose Party) argued the government had gone too far. The ultimate goal is to give employers the right to unilaterally set working conditions and to strip workers of any legal right to pressure for improvements. Weakening the labour movement is a key pillar in the Conservative master plan to limit dissenting voices to their policies.
How the Supreme Court responds to this aggressive attack on collective rights is among the most pressing public policy questions in Canada today. It’s no hyperbole to state that the outcome of this battle will have dramatic affects on the future of Canadian society. Will Canada continue to have a relatively strong record on income equality and middle class compared to the United States, or will we follow the American model of stripping workers of power to bargain a decent share of productivity gains? In the United States, unionization is now at about 7 percent, and income inequality is the highest in the advanced economic world. The two statistics are directly linked. We know precisely what the results of the coordinated Conservative attack on Canadian collective bargaining will be: greater income inequality in Canada and a weaker middle class. Of this, there is no doubt.
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