Harper "Government" too stupid to pound sand.

[agoodwinsmith]

Honestly.  I don't have a high opinion of Convervative intellectual ability, but this really takes the cake.

The Harper Government is jubilant because they have passed Back-To-Work legislation that will force the Canada Post employees to go back to work:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/filibuster-continues-ndp-says-locked-posties-could-back-151926412.html

Excuse me?

The Canada Post Employees have been LOCKED OUT for over a week.  If Canada Post chooses not to open its doors to its employees, are the employees in breach of law because they cannot cross the threshhold?

Prior to the LOCK OUT, Canada Post employees had been using rotating strikes, that hardly even went so far as to actually, you know, *inconvenience* anyone.  The jerk-a-zoid legislation, this kind of over-the-top, brain-damaged posturing and bullying, is as repulsive as it is stupid.

DUH.

Oh golly - maybe the over-the-top, bad-movie over-reaction to simple events[1] *is* a Canadian characteristic.  Yay. 

[1] - burning cars at Stanley Cup riots - *burning cars?* - be serious; legislating back-to-work over postal service rotating strikes - *legislation?* - be serious.

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[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

And this is even before mentioning that the Government imposed a wage rate lower that what had already been agreed to during the negotiations.

Remember that folks, it'll be important later on.

Canada Post, a Crown Corporation, bargained in bad faith, refused to compromise, forced a strike, turned it into a lock-out and then waited for Harper and his minions Government lackeys to impose a settlement which stripped the Union of its right to bargain, rolled back their wages and took the entire Union-Management relationship to a new low.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Condolences on having politicians as stupid as ours :-(