Here are six quick reasons why labour has no business holding a Liberal love-in.
1. The Trudeau government has done next to nothing in clearing out the Harper-appointed management at Canada Post.
If the Liberals had cleaned house, we likely wouldn’t be in this mess.
2. The US Steel robbery
The Liberals are not intervening, contributing to this outrageous injustice by refusing to disclose the US Steel deal signed by the Harper government, or doing anything to reform the ridiculous bankruptcy laws in this country which allow corporations to rob pension plans.
3. Repealing employer restrictions on Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Liberals are floating the idea of repealing some of the restrictions that the Harper Tories had to reluctantly put in place a few years ago following a rash of employer abuses of temporary workers that came to light through some good investigative reporting.
4. Phoenix Falling: The federal payroll nightmare
thanks to the colossal failure of the new Phoenix payroll system implemented under the Harper Tories. There was already a lot of noise before the system was even implemented that there were going to be real problems, but the Liberals have only started to act in the past month. They say they are going to repair the system by October, but both union and government analysts are saying this won’t happen. What is it going to take for the Liberals to solve this problem? A union policy of “No pay, no work”?
5. Employment Insurance robbery
Each year, billions of dollars of EI money that doesn’t get paid out has been used by Liberal and Tory governments to balance budgets, pay for tax cuts, and other promises. Don’t expect the Liberals to tell the truth about how they’re financing their tax cuts or P3 corporate infrastructure handouts – through the robbery of Employment Insurance money.
6. No $15 federal minimum wage for you!
Finally, let’s not forget that during the election, Justin Trudeau wrote off a $15 federal minimum wage, keeping at least 60,000 federally-regulated workers earning poverty wages. Trudeau cowardly passed the buck to the provinces saying the provinces should raise the minimum wage because it would help more workers. So much for leadership, Justin!
That’s just the big stuff happening right now. Look out for more Liberal failures on rail and food safety, P3 infrastructure projects, corporate theft and mass layoffs. Labour won’t get anywhere by accepting Trudeau’s sugar-coated crumbs because when push comes to shove, the big money interests that have always backed up the Liberals will get the whole pie.
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1. The Trudeau government has done next to nothing in clearing out the Harper-appointed management at Canada Post.
If the Liberals had cleaned house, we likely wouldn’t be in this mess.
2. The US Steel robbery
The Liberals are not intervening, contributing to this outrageous injustice by refusing to disclose the US Steel deal signed by the Harper government, or doing anything to reform the ridiculous bankruptcy laws in this country which allow corporations to rob pension plans.
3. Repealing employer restrictions on Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Liberals are floating the idea of repealing some of the restrictions that the Harper Tories had to reluctantly put in place a few years ago following a rash of employer abuses of temporary workers that came to light through some good investigative reporting.
4. Phoenix Falling: The federal payroll nightmare
thanks to the colossal failure of the new Phoenix payroll system implemented under the Harper Tories. There was already a lot of noise before the system was even implemented that there were going to be real problems, but the Liberals have only started to act in the past month. They say they are going to repair the system by October, but both union and government analysts are saying this won’t happen. What is it going to take for the Liberals to solve this problem? A union policy of “No pay, no work”?
5. Employment Insurance robbery
Each year, billions of dollars of EI money that doesn’t get paid out has been used by Liberal and Tory governments to balance budgets, pay for tax cuts, and other promises. Don’t expect the Liberals to tell the truth about how they’re financing their tax cuts or P3 corporate infrastructure handouts – through the robbery of Employment Insurance money.
6. No $15 federal minimum wage for you!
Finally, let’s not forget that during the election, Justin Trudeau wrote off a $15 federal minimum wage, keeping at least 60,000 federally-regulated workers earning poverty wages. Trudeau cowardly passed the buck to the provinces saying the provinces should raise the minimum wage because it would help more workers. So much for leadership, Justin!
That’s just the big stuff happening right now. Look out for more Liberal failures on rail and food safety, P3 infrastructure projects, corporate theft and mass layoffs. Labour won’t get anywhere by accepting Trudeau’s sugar-coated crumbs because when push comes to shove, the big money interests that have always backed up the Liberals will get the whole pie.
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