Thursday, May 24, 2012

CP Rail strike a case study in who the government works for

That popping noise you heard all over Ottawa this week is the sound of sphincters snapping shut as the outrage of a worker's strike at the venerable railroad sent the Harper gang into a tizzy.

Labor Minister Lisa Raitt had a plan to order the CPR strikers back to work within minutes of the strike.

After all, CPR is vital to the Canadian economy, don't you know!

How dare those molly-coddled workers threaten the Canadian economy like that!

Quick, let's legislate them back to work!

Contrast that to the government's reaction when a foreign hedge fund takes a minority stake in the company and starts a bully campaign to turn CPR's corporate culture upside down.

Nothing.

Where are the guardians of the Canadian economy when that happens? Nowhere to be seen.

Heavy handed legislation is reserved for whipping workers into line. How dare those unionized layabouts threaten the economy like that?

We'll fix 'em!

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