Dave Coles

If inclined to be harsh, I'd say Harper is selling out this country to the U.S. and threatening the jobs of thousands of Canadians.

Conservative backbencher Blaine Calkins unveiled a private members bill that will make it far harder to form a new union and much easier to decertify an existing one.

He worked for Fraser Papers for 37 years before retiring in 2006 with a good pension. But four years later, the company cut his benefits by 35.4 per cent, costing him $1,000 a month.