Western Standard - June 20, 2024


'Organized Labour Is Spreading Like An Infection'

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organized labor in canada
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Bill C-63 Fred Hahn Trudeau
CMS： Organized labour is crushing Canada Mark Milke How colour blindness became racist

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5 minutes

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975

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52

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2

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1

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Unions are crushing Canada, and sadly, citizens can t expect help from the Conservative Party of Canada on this. We had the recent Federal Bill C-58 whizzed through Parliament with unanimous consent, and it will be law soon. That bill makes it illegal for private companies in federally regulated sectors to hire replacement workers if there s a strike.

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00:00:00.000 Organized labor is crushing Canada, and sadly, citizens can't expect help from the Conservative Party of Canada on this.
00:00:06.620 We had the recent Federal Bill C-58, it whizzed through Parliament with unanimous consent, and it will be law soon.
00:00:12.940 That bill makes it illegal for private companies in federally regulated sectors to hire replacement workers if there's a strike.
00:00:20.580 One can expect such a terrible piece of legislation to be supported by the NDP and the Liberals.
00:00:25.020 They're socialists, we expect that.
00:00:26.060 One would have hoped, though, the CPC would have allowed a free vote on the bill.
00:00:30.620 Sadly, we're disappointed.
00:00:31.900 Instead, the vote was whipped, and every member of Parliament was forced to support it, whether they like it or not.
00:00:37.160 Or, we're supposed to believe that 100% of the Conservative MPs really think that handcuffing private companies like this is a good idea.
00:00:44.360 The only thing that terrifies federal politicians more than Indigenous issues is organized labor. 0.97
00:00:49.360 Not a single federal party is willing to stand up for Canadians against this union tail wagging the national dog,
00:00:55.600 and we're all going to pay dearly for that.
00:00:57.640 Canadian productivity and GDP per capita, when measured against other developed countries, has been in freefall for years.
00:01:03.740 Inefficient unionized workplaces and a continually bloating civil service has contributed heavily towards this.
00:01:09.720 Despite the growth of the federal civil service numbers by 40% in the last decade, services have become more terrible than ever.
00:01:16.540 Not only that, but the government workers have become more belligerent and entitled than ever, too.
00:01:21.620 I mean, last year they held Canadians hostage with a strike, and this year they're threatening what they call a summer of discontent.
00:01:28.100 You want to know why?
00:01:29.080 Because they might have to show up for work more than two days a week.
00:01:33.020 Oh, those poor dears. 1.00
00:01:35.000 Public service unions have been much too powerful for far too long.
00:01:38.860 Governments capitulate to union demands with a little hesitation, and as if that wasn't bad enough,
00:01:43.440 C-58 will now empower those unions to hold private companies in fields like trucking, media, telecommunications hostage as well.
00:01:50.500 Even pipeline construction is going to be subject to a ban on replacement workers if the pipeline crosses a provincial border.
00:01:57.680 I mean, look how expensive the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was, and think of how bad it's going to be now that unions are truly going to run the show.
00:02:05.400 Organized labor doesn't just harm us through the skyrocketing compensation demands and the chronic labor actions and the protection of lazy workers.
00:02:12.600 It actively fights against the pursuit of efficiency and changes.
00:02:16.220 Canada Post is a perfect example.
00:02:18.620 The days of house-to-house mail delivery should have been gone long ago.
00:02:21.940 We don't need it anymore, and it costs a fortune.
00:02:23.780 They're just overpaid flyer delivery boys.
00:02:26.420 The Crown Corporation began moving towards centralized mailbox systems until the postal union managed to convince Trudeau to end this important evolution in delivery.
00:02:35.640 Liberals had an election approaching, and they were afraid of the postal union,
00:02:38.820 so they bought their support with a promise to maintain obsolete home delivery.
00:02:42.780 Now Canada Post is burdening taxpayers as a chronic money loser.
00:02:47.700 Last year, they lost $740 million just in one year, and it's not going to get any better.
00:02:52.720 Now, while the union control of the postal system is an expense of annoyance,
00:02:56.280 it becomes even more dangerous as unions fight reforms and efficiency in fields such as health care.
00:03:01.280 The Canadian health care system is collapsing in every province,
00:03:04.100 every province under every government of every political stripe.
00:03:06.900 The rigid monopoly system has created a monster that costs more every year,
00:03:11.000 while the waiting lists for procedures get longer and longer.
00:03:13.800 The system itself needs reform, but unions act to fight every effort to change the status quo,
00:03:19.140 and they fight it tooth and nail.
00:03:20.560 Even the outsourcing of something as simple as laundry services suddenly becomes a hill for unions to die upon,
00:03:25.540 and governments back away in fear from pursuing even those minor reforms.
00:03:29.080 Meanwhile, people are literally dying while waiting for treatment.
00:03:32.400 Unions are there for the unions, not the patients, despite what they claim.
00:03:35.340 Teachers unions, they regularly demonstrate where union priorities really are as well,
00:03:40.400 despite their claims to be in there for the students.
00:03:41.980 They like to cloak themselves as professional associations and purport to be acting in the interest of students.
00:03:47.600 Somehow, the interest of the students always translates into more compensation for teachers, though,
00:03:51.100 with fewer days worked.
00:03:52.620 The teachers unions dig deeply into social activism as well and bring their woke ideals into the classroom,
00:03:57.620 while fighting against any form of standardized testing to assess whether they're actually effectively teaching children.
00:04:03.440 They say every child learns differently, yet they vigorously oppose diversity learning through opposing charter or alternative schools.
00:04:11.600 The social activism within unions has really come to a head during the Israel-Hamas conflict. 0.94
00:04:16.800 QP Ontario leader Fred Hahn's vile demonstrations of anti-Semitism, oh, he hates Jews,
00:04:21.440 have horrified Canadians since the conflict began, as he coaxes his union members to actively take part in anti-Israel protests.
00:04:28.780 No matter where one lands on that issue, it should be asked,
00:04:31.020 why is one of the largest unions in Canada taking any role in that conflict on any side?
00:04:35.540 What has it got to do with Canadian worker rights?
00:04:38.240 Nobody will ask those questions, however.
00:04:40.580 Even Poliev's Conservatives have tightly gagged themselves when it comes to dealing with unions.
00:04:44.980 Organized labor is spreading like an infection,
00:04:47.540 while callow politicians purposely look the other way.
00:04:50.260 Canada should be looking at right-to-work legislation rather than banning replacement workers in private industries.
00:04:55.920 Instead, we see unanimous consent on legislation that's handcuffing industries.
00:05:00.480 Sorry, kids, the economy's going down and things are going to get much worse before they get better.