Tag: Treasury Board

Tony Clement’s anti-union talking points don’t stand up to reality

Published March 28, 2014

The Conservative government, facing a constitutional challenge over its budget implementation bill for gutting collective bargaining rights of federal public sector workers, has some creative talking points to defend the draconian provisions. The 9-page internal Questions and Answers document about the “modernization” of collective bargaining, prepared for Treasury Board president Tony Clement, was released to PressProgress […]

Tony Clement’s morning meltdown

Published October 24, 2013

After slipping in proposed changes to undermine bargaining rights in the government’s budget implementation bill, Treasury Board president Tony Clement appeared on CBC’s morning radio show in Ottawa on Thursday to try and explain his move. The radio host asked plainly about which government employees would be classified as “essential,” an arbitrary designation that would […]

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