A big fat thumbs up to Donald Lafleur

You can tell by the tone of the article that the fake-news fairies are abuzz at the CBC.

Seems the number two guy at the Canadian Labour Congress had the audacity to suggest that sanctions on Syria should be ended.

Which got him a proper scolding from the scriptwriters at CBC News.

It can't be easy being a union boss these days. Look at the mess over at the UAW. I used to be a member of the UAW. I feel sad when I see the top guys exposed as crooks.

But not surprised.

Donald Lafleur isn't being exposed as a crook; he's being castigated for making a positive suggestion about Canada's foreign policy, namely that it's time to reconsider sanctions against Syria. We only did that stuff to appease Uncle Sam in the first place.

It's too late to change that shameful decision, but it's not too late to do the right thing now.

The blissful ignorance of outsourcing Statscan duties to Kijiji

Nothing against Kijiji; we bought a nice used tent trailer with just a bit of mould on the tarp off Kijiji at a good price. Crank up the roof and open up all those side windows, and you don't even notice the mould! At least when there's a decent breeze blowing.

But should Kijiji be the default source of information for the federal government after they've carved $30 million out of the Statscan budget?

The Canadian Labour Congress thinks not.

The editorial board of Canada's newspaper of record thinks not.

And it's not every day that those two see eye to eye...

So it is good news that the Harper gang has dropped Kijiji as a source of vital statistical info to guide their policy decisions.

But have they restored funding to Statscan?

Of course not! Here's why; it's easier to govern when you're flying in the dark.

You have total freedom to just make shit up!

That explains our economic policy, our First Nations policy, our education policy and our foreign policy!

Hey, who needs facts when you're always right anyway?

This is what industrial action needs to look like

It's like the independent trucker scenario; three quarters of the guys go out on a job action, and the quarter who remain suddenly find themselves with a bonanza of work!

But you have to hand it to the lads out there in Hickman's Harbour. They still remember old school job action, and they're putting on a educational seminar on how things are supposed to work.

While we're not in the league of those Chinese workers who have been tossing the recalcitrant factory managers off the plant roof, at least we're not doing the patented CLC-approved roll-over.