This past Thursday, an interesting fact was revealed in Ottawa: The NDP doesn’t care about the welfare and prosperity of private sector union members.
A forum was held, run jointly by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Canada’s building trades unions. It focused on the almost certain lack of skilled workers in the oil industry in the near future. The goal of the forum was to urge politicians to increase apprenticeships for skilled trades as well as increase immigration of accredited skilled workers.
“Conservative MPs showed up, Liberal MPs were there, but not even one NDP MP showed up,” said Christopher Smillie, a senior adviser for the Building and Construction Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Canadian Office. He represents 450,000 construction union members across Canada.
The Calgary Herald’s Licia Corbella has the full story.
So why didn’t any NDP MPs show up? Because their political masters these days are extreme left-wing zealots, all of whom subscribe to environmental extremism and the destruction of Canada’s oil industry. If I were a private sector union member I’d have a difficult time convincing myself why I would want to vote for the federal NDP, a party that has shown nothing but disdain for me and my family.
But, but, but……
ALL UNION MEMBERS ARE EQUAL!
(*But some are more equal than others, shhhhhh!)
The NDP has likely indicated where their sympathies really lie,with government sector unions,and not with the people who do all that nasty “producing”.
All construction workers BUILD something,and the NDP seems to consider that a sin,every structure built fouls the bosom of Mother Earth,or some such drivel.
The NDP has for years been the Party of the Public Service sector,all the while crying about being “the Party of the little guy”.
In nine crappy years under the NDP here in B.C., they did nothing for the “little guy”, just pandered to their constituency,and did nothing for small business.
I’ve always wondered why “the worker”(TM) always voted NDP. Since, at least where I grew up in Windsor, ON it was those pesky capitalists–Ford, Chrysler, GM that provided the bulk of the well-paying jobs. Since the NDP has always been anti-capitalist, it always proved to me that CAW union members weren’t very bright because they didn’t realize who actually put food on their table (I’ll give you a hint–it wasn’t the NDP or the union). One would think the dummies would want a very strong capitalist system, so that their employer could make bucket loads of money and pass it on to them–the worker (TM). Because of their unreasonable union demands, backed by their NDP MPs, the idiots priced themselves and their offspring out of a job.
“So why didn’t any NDP MPs show up? Because their political masters these days are extreme left-wing zealots,…”
Exactly, they only support the Unions with a Marxist bent — Unions with thugs as leaders. For example on the East Coast non-Marxist Unions such as the CLA (Christian Labour Association) has faced harrassment and shut-outs from the Sid Ryan types. They only consider other Unionists as “brothers” if they follow the same “capitalism is intrinsically evil” ideology.
“….for skilled trades as well as increase immigration of accredited skilled workers.”
Obviously no concept of what an oilfield “accredited skilled worker” means in the international arena.
If you want more Indian/ Pakistani taxi drivers with a “Medical Degree” along with their welfare & Health Care sucking extended families, keep up this line of stupidity.
when turmel was president of psac, for the first time several components left for other unions or formed their own..even then, it was apparent that psac (which wasn’t originally created by it’s members, but by the employer..the gov’t) wasn’t working for the workers, it’s main focus was to assault any non-ndp government and the worker’s wishes for fair contracts for both sides and the protection of basic rights were lost to the marxist leaning demands of the ‘leaders’ that left even the members shaking their heads…hardly surprising she’d abandon other unionized employees…she had litle but contempt for her own
Whenever I see AFL-CIO, I think of Richard Trumka, a dangerous man…
The unions for the private sector are tools of the usurpers that take jobs and fees away from public sector unions. That is the issue of the fight to keep private sector providers out of the health services, education or maintenance services.
The only union members the NDP are interested in are public sector union members because they can count on those members to vote NDP. Private sector union members (even CAW) generally do not vote NDP – they know which side their bread is buttered on and the whackadoodle policies of the NDP are not compatible with most private sector unions.
I’ve pointed out to several friends that support the NDP that the very second they are not a member of union they become stupid knuckle dragging racists in the eyes of the NDP.
Just ask any of the steel workers who supported the NDP for generations only to find out that the NDP actively works against them getting reemployed.
Too bad we couldnt give them and only them exacly what they want. Stop selling oil and oil based items to ndp members lol
The NDP are Eco-communists. Plain & simple. Boy is Quebec in for a shock.
They don’t care about Canada or its workers, Never have never will.
Its all about power to destroy industry, while making us all their unhappy robots.
Introducing filth to children, & recruiting for the GLBT of our culture, to destroy family or Religious morals,let alone natural law.
For them, democracy except in a collectivist sense. Is The true enemy of all their plans of domination. All MSM curs who make up the NDP, or who pretend staged events, are made towards that goal. Anything else are lies.
It never ceases to amaze me how much a wacky left wing loon nutjob bunch the NDP are and even more how some gullible folks think they would be good in government. The NDP almost ruined Saskatchewan. People weren’t running to Alberta by the thousands looking for work for yrs because they thought the NDP were doing a good job in government here. It was because they almost ran us into the ground. Take Ayn Rand’s work Atlas Shrugged and while you read think Saskatchewan. OMG, its true.
Let’s finish that ‘things we’ll never see’ sentence.
“If I were a private sector union member I’d have a difficult time convincing myself why I would want to vote for the federal NDP, a party that has shown nothing but disdain for me and my family…
and, I’d be pounding the tables at the next meeting of my local, demanding some drastic changes.”
Guess that explains why we’re not union members, eh?
Robert, the Marxist NDP not supporting private sector unions is nothing new. This is especially so when the radical left takes power. The NDP’s ideological ancestors, the Bolsheviks, made use of the private sector unions during 1917-1920 in Russia until they took power and then immediately began to force a consolidation into government run unions. The railway unions, one of the most powerful unions in Russia at that time, initially had helped the Bolsheviks take power, but then turned on them when faced with government takeover.It sort of served them right though for trusting the radical left as the radical left is never about helping the workers, but advancing the communist agenda.
Smillie obviously took note of the NDP’s lack of attendance.
Quebec, the perpetual have-not province where untold millions of adscam $$$ magically disappeared, infrastructure literally crumbling, infamous mafia haven. Unions. Nothin to see here folks, move along now.
The NDP survives and prospers because the message has never changed. Free everything and a chicken for every pot. Vote for us and you will never have to work for any of it. We will also shut down all evil big business and save the planet to boot. As Quebec election results showed, people always vote for someone that promises everything.
As you have warned so often Ken(kulak); people should be careful what they wish for…union members are useful idiots to Dippers who are almost all Blocistas now. I hope that one glorious day the official opposition will pick up all their toys and leave the House of Commons – for ever. Freedom loving people from Quebec can move west, Dippers from the ROC can learn French and move east.
Well said Revnant Dream.
@ jemma 54
leave the House of Commons – for ever.
Will never happen. Nature abhors a vacuum and the rank of socialists will never deplete.
Still…we can dream.
@ jemma 54
leave the House of Commons – for ever.
Will never happen. Nature abhors a vacuum and the rank of socialists will never deplete.
Still…we can dream.
Same for provincial NDParties … the Manitoba bunch are all hard core Marxists or just plain moonbats … or some combination.
Support fot the dippers here consists of teachers union members, nurses union members and public employees from civic to provincial to federal.
Basically all the trough hogs and parasites who expect the government to place their welfare ahead of everyone elses.
@Maureen – sorry…you have your facts wrong about private sector unions. If you look at the MPs Windsor, ON has sent to Ottawa in the past 30yrs you’ll see the farthest “right” they vote is Lieberal. Since the Lieberal’s demise, they voted to the left (ie. NDP – Joe Comartin).