Friday, January 06, 2012

Friday Evening Links

Assorted content to end your week.

- No, we shouldn't be surprised that the Harper Cons are allowing defence contractors to deliver nothing at all. But is it really so much to ask that they not actually provide an incentive for further delays by reducing the penalties applied as they push delivery dates ever further into the future?

- Meanwhile, Jeff MacKinnon discusses the Cons' efforts to kill off collective bargaining. But it's well worth keeping in mind that in dictating that workers have no legal means of pursuing their fair share, they're likely only opening the door for much more serious disputes.

- Fortunately, the NDP is taking the right line in response to the Cons' attacks on workers - linking it to the Republicans' anti-worker extremism and seeking to build a countermovement in Canada rather than falling into the trap of ceding principled territory in the name of false moderation for its own sake.

- Finally, Carol Goar points out how Canada's EI system is failing the citizens who need it when it matters most.

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