Thursday May 23rd 2013

‘Letter to the Editor’ Archives

Letter to the Toronto Star Editor: End of the “Austerity Era”

Letter to the Toronto Star Editor: End of the “Austerity Era”

Dear Editor: When even the IMF is revising its hymn book to add a few verses about balancing austerity and cutbacks with spending you know we have reached the end of what we will soon call “the austerity era”. It will be characterized as a time when [Read More]

Letter to the Editor: Harness Racing Hudak

Letter to the Editor: Harness Racing Hudak

Let’s take a step back to March of this year when after dumping billions of more dollars on ineffectual corporate tax cuts, wasting yet more of Ontario’s wealth, the cash strapped floundering Liberals decided they could grab $345 million from the rural harness racing [Read More]

Letter to the Editor: Bill C317 A Bill to Destroy Unions

Letter to the Editor: Bill C317 A Bill to Destroy Unions

This is a story of the Harper Governments true hate for unions as a vehicle for social progress in Canada.  For those unaware a private members bill has been introduced to force the Canada Revenue Agency to strictly inspect and publish Union budgets and adhere to new [Read More]

Letter to the Editor: Tax Evasion

Letter to the Editor: Tax Evasion

Tax cheaters: Give us back our money There is a class of people and corporations in this country whose illicit financial practices have an enormous negative impact on the country and its citizens. Yet the law and order regime of Stephen Harper barely plays lip service to [Read More]

Hudak’s white paper on labour

Hudak’s white paper on labour

Hudak’s White Paper on Labour is but the latest in a long history of Conservative Party attacks on Ontario’s working families. Under Conservative rule, Premier Harris delivered a Bay Street beating to workers in this province. While occupying Queens Park he and his [Read More]

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Family Day in Region 4 – 2013

Family Day in Region 4 – 2013

Free  to  all  OPSEU  Members  and  Their  Families Merrickville  Blockhouse  Park Enjoy the summer weather [Read More]

Watch for this “Making Life Work” proposal to surface here in Ontario under Hudak’s Banner

Watch for this “Making Life Work” proposal to surface here in Ontario under Hudak’s Banner

Originally posted on the HuffingtonPost.com Leo W. Gerard: GOP Forcibly Making Working Families Flexible  May 6, 2013 [Read More]

Harry Leslie Smith reminds us why our grandparents fought WWII & why they did not give up the fight for equality

Harry Leslie Smith reminds us why our grandparents fought WWII & why they did not give up the fight for equality

Originally posted on New Left Project Is This What We Fought For? Every year, the spring rains fall hard and heavy to a [Read More]

Harper relies on stoking resentments in discreet class war

Harper relies on stoking resentments in discreet class war

  Thatcher-style attempt to crush unions would leave Canadian workers powerless. Originally posted on SGNews.com [Read More]

Building A House of Cards: Public Meeting with Dr. John Lister

Building A House of Cards: Public Meeting with Dr. John Lister

“We encourage you all to attend this very important information session on the ongoing failure of P3s to deliver on [Read More]

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