Posted: Friday, 17 May 2013
Chris Vander Doelen, a writer for the Windsor Star, recently wrote about the Conservatives' anti-union Bill C-377, in glowing terms. The bill, which singles out unions to provide detailed information about their financial transactions, has now passed second… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 16 April 2013
As published in the Toronto Star, April 16, 2013
Last year the government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), indicating that it would fast-track the processing of employer applications f… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The Fraser Institute recently released a study claiming that public sector workers are paid too much and this information was carried widely in the Canadian media. But Ottawa Citizen reporter Glen McGregor, using public records, discovered that the Fraser I… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 12 March 2013
A number of newspapers in the Sun Media chain recently carried an opinion piece by Quebec-based freelancer Eric Duhaime claiming that unions should be abolished. Duhaime is a die hard critic of unions who is frequently accorded space in Sun Media papers. Ke… Read More
Posted: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
As published in the Toronto Star, January 28, 2013
Corporate executives in Canada will be dancing in their suites to celebrate Corporate Tax Freedom Day on Jan. 30. A research study by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) — called What Did Corporate Tax Cu… Read More
Posted: Friday, 11 January 2013
As published in the Financial Post, January 11, 2013
Re: "Take CPP increase right off the stove," Dan Kelly, Jan. 7
Dan Kelly should get out of the kitchen if he can't stand the heat. Two-thirds of small businesses say they won't even consider offering to… Read More
Posted: Friday, 14 December 2012
As posted at www.huffingtonpost.ca
By Ken Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress
Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers will meet in Ottawa later this month and the Canada Pension Plan will be on their agenda, as it should be. The min… Read More
Posted: Wednesday, 12 December 2012
As posted online in the Huffington Post, December 12, 2012
The Conservative government has a disturbing habit of introducing significant changes to Canadian public policy by sleight of hand. One way is by using 400-page omnibus budget bills to make legisla… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 4 December 2012
As published in the National Post, Saturday, December 1, 2012
Re: "Who's killing the PRPP pension fix?," Terence Corcoran, Nov. 20
Terence Corcoran laments the likely demise of PRPPs, even before they get off the ground. He blames a long list of critics, … Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 20 November 2012
As published in the Windsor Star, Monday, November 19, 2012
Re: Union transparency debated, opinion column, by Chris Vander Doelen, Nov. 12.
Chris Vander Doelen is curiously selective in his Nov. 12 column about the House of Commons Finance Committee hea… Read More
