As the Conservative Party of Canada skulks from Ottawa to the friendlier confines of their heartland for their party convention, right to work legislation is going to be one of the top items for discussion. At its core, right to work legislation allows workers in unionized workplaces to opt out
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Blevkog: It has begun…
I wish I believed in God so that when I say “Dear God” it carried some kind of punch. That aside: Dear God, it has begun. CBC has started it’s interminable coverage leading up to the Winter Olympics. I’m a sports fan, a big one, and when I watch TV
Continue readingBlevkog: “Toxic to my heart”
Is it just me, or does it look like Mike Duffy is enjoying himself? Not willing to easily give up his free ride on the taxpayer dollar, Mike Duffy is playing these Senate hearings up as much as possible with allegations that the CONservative Party paid his legal expenses in
Continue readingBlevkog: On condoms and omnibus bills
Just like when using a condom, it’s good policy to check any omnibus bill for holes before using them. That is, unless you are our current government who expect Parliament to not fully examine the details of its vast omnibus budget bill until after it becomes law. That important undisclosed
Continue readingBlevkog: A (re-)Introduction
We live in interesting, but not unprecedented political times. Darth Harper, the Controller-in-Chief, has done an admiral job of keeping things quiet, but the fruits of his autocratic nature are ripening quickly. The Senate expenditure scandal exposed that he vetted his appointments about as vigorously as John McCain’s campaign committee
Continue readingBlevkog: Nick Hanauer identifies the cart and the horse…
In his video that the TED series wouldn’t air as being ‘too political’, the venture capitalist Nick Hanauer points out the fallacy in the argument that the wealthy are ‘job creators’ and that taxing them provides hurts the economy. He argues that jobs are in fact the last thing a
Continue readingBlevkog: The end of one career and the start of the next…
“The second point is that all monies have been recovered. The taxpayers are not on the hook for a single dime. That is exactly how our government should act in the circumstances.” The article linked to this quote is about a Conservative staffer to minister Christian Paradis by the name
Continue readingBlevkog: A Friday Tune – The Front Bottoms
I’m really starting to like these guys…
Continue readingBlevkog: HRM Transit Strike Coming?
The thought of a transit strike in even a mild winter will raise the hackles of those of us who regularly use the service, whether the bus or ferries. I hope that with the vote union’s vote being so overwhelming (98.4%) that this is merely the opening response to a
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