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Bigfoot joins BCGEU’s ‘Save BC Parks’ campaign
June 29, 2012 |
The campaign focuses on B.C. park rangers as an endangered species, with only 10 full-time rangers left to patrol 1,000 parks and protected areas, covering more than 32 million acres province-wide.
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David J. Climenhaga

It's election day in Alberta

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David J. Climenhaga
| April 23, 2012

As Albertans head to the polls today with large numbers of voters obviously in a mood for change and the media telling us a Wildrose majority is unstoppable, Progressive Conservative Premier Alison Redford may have only one good card left.

If her hole card turns out to be an ace, it'll be because of the caution of the significant number of Albertans and their families who work for and with this government, its agencies and the many groups and businesses that depend on it to survive.

A political party can score points by gratuitously attacking such people -- as the Wildrose attack on "big government" without question has through this campaign, notwithstanding the party's too-cute claim to recognize the value of "front-line" government employees.

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Public Services Foundation of Canada says income inequality is main obstacle to building better public services
April 13, 2012 |
Austerity will only increase inequality and push up demand for public services. It will reduce government revenues and drive up the deficit over time.
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Families fight to keep “beautiful” place for autistic children
April 6, 2012 |
The Ontario government wants to shut down Thistletown Regional Centre even though the facility is an acclaimed, much-praised children’s mental health centre.
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Budget squeeze ignores key realities as corporate tax cuts drain public purse
March 30, 2011 |
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s new budget ignores key realities about public services and the hard reality of life for millions of Ontarians.
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USW in solidarity with Wisconsin workers, resisting the attack on collective bargaining rights
February 24, 2011 |
This direct attack on public workers has far-reaching implications. Unionists across North America are watching closely and standing together with our sisters and brothers in Wisconsin.
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OPSEU blitzing Ontario to fight Liberal wage freeze
November 30, 2010 |
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/NUPGE) is staging dozens of events across the province this Friday for its campaign against a two-year wage freeze proposal.
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