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nationalpost.com
A National Post article which I agree with, very rare. I like the community-designed plate they highlight too. Far more tasteful.Yes, as well as other issues, it does make it harder to read. Here is an interesting article on this:
Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's licence plate redo threatens to swap heritage for tackiness
Replacing the traditional red-on-white plate with B.C. blue on a busy background pulled from a stock image bin would be a huge downgrade
... and lest we forget companies that run private health care facilities, private schools, and so on.
Did I see right that Smith isn't even present in the Legislature while this attempt to force contract terms on teachers is going on?
Yup. She's off to Saudi Arabia to learn from MBS how to really crack down on labour action.
No. Under the constitution provinces are not a subordinate level of government under the feds, instead they are distinct and independent. This is very different from municipalities, which are a creation of the Municipalities Act and are in fact under the whim of the province.
I did not think they would do it either. Ending the strike and forcing arbitration would totally be in their rights without it. However, the ATA would still have been able to challenge the legislation or pursue other forms of job action, like work to rule. This bill went full nuclear and not only ends the strike but forces a contract on the teachers. In addition it prohibits the contract from being challenged under any provincial or federal legislation (including the Alberta Human Rights Act), and forbids teachers from pursuing any other form of job action. To go that far requires the Notwithstanding clause.
