Your Fat, Shiftless, Greedy and Lazy Civil Service and You

Part of Justin's voter base:

The Public Service Alliance of Canada yesterday urged 120,000 members to ratify a Treasury Board contract that met many of its key demands in a 12-day strike. “This agreement delivers important gains for our members and will set the bar for all workers in Canada,” said Chris Aylward, national president.

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A federal minister is advising Canadians to expect long lines at passport offices this week as the public service resumes work following a 12-day strike.

Families minister Karina Gould says the job action did not create a significant backlog, as the federal government received only about 20 per cent of the typical volume of passport applications during the strike.

Gould says a higher volume of applications is expected this week as a result, but is reassuring Canadians that those with urgent travel will be prioritized.

 

Oh, I'm sure. 

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As the Ottawa Citizen noted on April 18, PSAC released a list of “just over 250 picket line locations across the country” that “included government offices, Service Canada centres, offices of members of Parliament, correctional facilities, Royal Canadian Mounted Police stations, military bases, and border crossings.” The PM did not declare it unacceptable.

Then on April 23, PSAC national president Chris Aylward said: “We’re trying to have picket lines across the country in some strategic locations where it’s going to impact the government, and we’re actually going to be escalating those actions – whether that’s ports across the country, or anything like that. It has a very wide-ranging impact on Canadians and the Canadian economy as well.”

Had Tamara Lich said it, she’d have gotten handcuffed. These guys got raises.

 

(Sidebar: hell, if you were this guy, you would be dragged around.)