5 crushing factoids about Tim Hudak’s mystery economist

Published May 14, 2014

Tim Hudak’s mystery economist behind his one million jobs plan has finally been revealed: Benjamin Zycher! Don’t fret if his name is unfamiliar; not many people in Canada have heard of him either. So here are five things you need to know about Zycher: 1. He works at the American Tea Party think-tank funded by […]

Rights at work: who wants to go back to 1946?

Published February 27, 2014

The Globe and Mail’s editorial board is pleading with Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak to pursue his idea of allowing union members to opt out of paying for activities not directly related to collective bargaining. The conservative-minded newspaper chimed in with an editorial on Thursday after Hudak renounced the most controversial part of his […]

What to make of Tim Hudak’s flip-flop on “right-to-work”?

Published February 21, 2014

Did Tim Hudak just concede attacking unions is an attack on the middle class? That’s wishful thinking for an anti-labour ideologue like Hudak, but the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader renounced Friday one of his key policy planks on the eve of an expected provincial election that, if implemented, would have really hurt the middle class. In a […]

The 30-second clip that blows anti-union arguments out of the water

Published February 20, 2014

Need more proof that unions don’t drive away manufacturing jobs? Check out what Volkswagen’s top labour representative said about reconsidering expansion in the U.S. South because of the anti-labour sentiments there. Bernd Osterloh’s hit against the “right-to-work” U.S. South should be a wake-up call for Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak and other conservatives in Canada […]

Did Ontario Tories really just double down on “right to work” agenda?

Published January 21, 2014

Ontario Tory leader Tim Hudak raised eyebrows when he released a jobs plan last week that didn’t include any reference to “right to work” legislation. Making union dues voluntary is popular in some conservative circles, especially in the United States. It weakens unions so they can’t bargain or organize effectively. Hudak had been talking up […]

Astroturfing exposed: real #workingcanadians hit back

Published December 10, 2013

Working Canadians, an anti-labour group that has sprung up just in time for an anticipated spring election in Ontario, is getting some blowback from real working Canadians who sniffed out the astroturf campaign. The group claims to be a bunch of non-partisan “volunteer individuals concerned that union leaders have too much influence over government, drive […]