Letters to the Editor (5): Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Basic income is about dignity
Source: pentictonherald.ca
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The picket line: Richmond civil servants join historic strike
More than 155,000 public service workers are currently on strike to demand fair wages and better work conditions
Source: richmond-news.com
Unions call on federal government to halt return-to-office plan for employees
Two federal unions are calling on the federal government to halt the return-to-office plans on the eve of tens of thousands of federal employees returning to work two or three days a week.
Source: ottawa.ctvnews.ca
Editorial: Shadow boxing does not lead to health care
The federal government promised to reimburse half the cost our universal health service if the provinces would take care of delivery. That no longer holds: The provinces still deliver, but Ottawa now pays just 22 per cent.
Source: timescolonist.com
Julie Payette tops Teddy Awards for government waste
The Teddy, a pig-shaped award given annually by the CTF to government’s worst waste offenders, is named for Ted Weatherill, a former federal appointee who was fired in 1999 for submitting a panoply of dubious expense claims, including a $700 lunch for two. “Former governor general Julie Payette blew hundreds of thousands of dollars on her inauguration and bizarre housing renovations before resigning under a cloud of controversy,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “And the Quebec government’s remarkable ability to crash ferries into docks has soaked taxpayers for millions. ...
Source: newsoptimist.ca