The New Evil

The Vancouver riot and the volunteers who came out the next day to clean up and rebuild are a pretty clear example of good versus evil. Sometimes it's not always that clear. Everyone will pretty much agree theft if wrong and stealing from little old ladies is cruel. That means pension theft is evil.

Yet there's another evil and it represents the death of democracy. Stealing a workers right to free collective bargaining in a free market is evil. I'm not just talking about the right to strike because let's face it, there are essential services out there although Canada Post is no longer one of them. I'm talking about imposing a settlement from a biased arbitrator.

After the election Canada Post's position at the bargaining table changed dramatically. All of a sudden they demanded huge roll backs including more pension theft and they absolutely refused to budge. They knew they could get a Harper majority to legislate a settlement. Locking employees out then legislating them back with an imposed settlement is evil. Completely and utterly.

It's somewhat ironic that Harper's corporate theft sponsors claim everyone that doesn't vote for Harper is a Socialist. It's ironic because he is the one that is stealing from the public purse and abandoning democracy. We're still waiting to get the $2 million back that Brian Mulroney knowingly defrauded the Canadian people out of.



It took two terms for the public to finally see the real character of Harper's hero Brian Mulroney. Mulroney went down in history as a liar, a cheat and a scoundrel. Just like Harper's pal Gordon Campbell. I was amazed it took two terms for the public to finally see Campbell's corruption yet in the end they did and he went out with the lowest approval rating of any Premiere in history.



Perhaps all is not lost. Perhaps it will just take two terms before Harper's hiding reveals his true character and he goes down in history to be an enemy of democracy just like his accomplices Mulroney and Campbell did. After all Stephen Harper is aiding and abetting Canada Post stealing employees' pensions after 16 years of consistent profit and that is evil.