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I've been highly critical of Tim Hudak's plan to slash 100,000 jobs within the Ontario Public Service and the broader public sector. My take is that these cuts would largely target young workers due to rules around seniority and bumping rights contained within collective agreements. If implemented, these cuts would be highly detrimental to the overall economy, prompt young people to leave Ontario, and would inevitably push up the unemployment rate for people between the ages of 15 to 34.
How Tim Hudak would implement these cuts became much clearer today when PC MPP Lisa MacLeod went on the Sun News Network and definitively stated that mothers on maternity leave would be targeted for termination. This admission is extremely callous and extremely stupid. Targeting young mothers for jobs cuts could violate the Human Rights Code and the Employment Standards Act, 2000. Lisa MacLeod's comments could easily become a very expensive blunder as any young mothers who lose their public sector jobs via cuts could easily launch legal proceedings.
Lisa MacLeod stated "They also understand that there will be a lot of attrition through that period of time, whether there's maternity leaves or retirement, there will be attrition so that will look after a lot of it." This indicates that Tim Hudak wants to inflict a brutal series of cuts on young, female workers. Simply put, targeting young mothers for jobs cuts is shameful, cowardly, and sexist. Watch the video below and then Tweet at @TimHudak and @MacLeodLisa to tell them your thoughts about their sexism.
The PC party consists of rich kids in back rooms pulling Hudak's strings. They think that single mothers should not be working but should be at home supported by their husbands... there's no contradiction there. Their financial needs will also be met by God if those sinners are truly religious.
ReplyDeleteYa, sure, because it's so easy for everyone to get jobs that will pay them enough to support a whole family. God can't help eveyone
DeleteAll I can say is PLEASE do not vote for this man.
ReplyDeleteI guess they just don't WANT to win. What a stupid comment!!!! I hate the Liberals so I guess that leaves the NDP and they really suck too. They said they want to put ALL hydro under Hydro One (the one where people get bills of over $1000 per month for no services at all because their houses already burnt to the ground) Sigh. Is there ANYONE out there to vote for??????
ReplyDeleteThere are always the independents, but I'll vote Green Party.
DeleteOr dont vote.
DeleteSadly, voting is becoming more and more about choosing the lesser of all the evils. Green Party anyone? Could they really do much worse?
ReplyDeleteYes they would do worse. And I am an environmentalist. The Green party has absolutely no clue how energy production and distribution works and would greatly hurt medium and lower class families through their ridiculous energy policies.
DeleteThe problem is that many people will vote for Tim Hudak. If the rest of us split our votes between the Liberals, NDP, and green party, Hudak will win.
ReplyDeleteWe have to vote strategically. In this election, the only parties that actually have a chance to win are the Liberals or PC. Unfortunately, that means I'm voting Liberal.
ReplyDeletePeople please, forget about voting all together, there's no such thing as honest voting anymore. It's dead and gone, period. No matter who you vote for, they are all puppets controlled by the small percentage of elites and the voting system is an illusion to make you believe you actually have a say when in fact, you have none. The truth is what it is. You can flame me all you want, but I'm still right in the end.
ReplyDeleteA really great way to express this on record, is to go to the polls with your registration card and decline the ballot. These type of ballots are counted separately from blank ones and from spoiled ones. In this case, you have exercised your right to vote; and have clearly stated that none of the parties accurately represent your interests.
DeleteHowever futile casting your individual vote may be, to capitulate and refuse to vote at all merely consolidates power for those whom you believe are actually in control. The alternative is an oligarchy where even the pretense of democracy is non existent. Syria, Russia and Iran as examples.
ReplyDeleteBy not voting one gives away all the little power he has to those who do vote. In today's world that's mostly older guys like me....I won't vote Conservative....I can't vote NDP....I support the Liberals "in spite" of some of their baggage. I know about it. I don't condone it, but I have no other choice. Not voting is NOT an option. Register a protest vote at least rather than not vote..PLEASE. Make the DRO earn his keep.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Hudak's plan is reckless and will undermine, not strengthen, the Ontario economy, not to mention public education. But let's be clear: McLeod did not "definitively state that mothers on maternity leave would be targeted for termination." What she did, in trying desperately to defend the indefensible, was show that she doesn't actually understand what attrition is.
ReplyDeleteParental leave is a federal benefit, not a provincial one. The provincial government has no power to prevent anyone from reclaiming their job at the end of their leave. So let's attack the Tories for their actual faults (what are many), rather than getting worked up because someone didn't adequately study their talking points before going on television.
And for all those who are trying to figure out how to vote in this election, make no mistake: the only way to prevent Hudak from becoming Premier is to re-elect the Liberals. The ONDP is in a downward spiral as they run to the right, kicking their traditional supporters to the curb. The Green Party is not strong enough in any riding to win even a single seat in this election. So unless you live in a riding with an ONDP incumbent, you can either vote Liberal or face the very real prospect of a Hudak win.
Back to the discussion about women being fired during maternity leave, this whole discussion, like Hudak's policy, assumes that young mothers are married, that their husbands are gainfully employed and not at minimum wage, and that women's ncomes are more or less redundant when it comes to the well-being of the child to be. That is just dumb. In other words, Hudak knows nothing about the work force, ignores reality in favour of sexist and reactionary ideology, and would impose inestimable damage on the people of Ontario. Even if everyone votes with mixed feeling and a cloudy conscience, imagine how much worse it would be if people with consciences didn't vote. Get a grip y'all.
ReplyDeletenot voting sends a pretty good message i think. i refuse to be apart of a useless system. ultimately my views won't be represented by anybody. By not voting i contribute to the system by implying that it is useless to be apart of. Maybe if the turn-out continues to get lower and lower, there may be a slight chance that the people actually change an obviously worthless system.
ReplyDeleteInstead of not voting, go to the polls with your registration card and decline your ballot. This way, you have voted to support none of the candidates - these declined votes are also counted.
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