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09-14-2014, 04:19 PM
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This can't be true . Can It ?
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09-14-2014, 04:33 PM
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It's all about the wording. the article keeps Switching between First Nations and Aboriginal. there are more then just First nation aborigines.
on the flip side, they'll negotiate it down to some religious context and probably have to use PED instead.
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09-14-2014, 04:35 PM
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This can't be true . Can It ?
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Would you be surprised if it IS true?
Neither would I.
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09-14-2014, 08:47 PM
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OMG that's funny. Scary but funny.
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09-14-2014, 08:50 PM
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Banned
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As long as it helps to sop up some of those never-ending piles of government money who cares? There's an endless supply of it.
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09-15-2014, 12:06 PM
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The sad thing is that if you voice an opinion anywhere on this BS you are considered a racist
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09-15-2014, 01:06 PM
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I love that even First Nations representatives have no idea what this is about!
A fantastic case of political correctness gone wild, to the point that even the relevant minority doesn't know what's going on!
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09-15-2014, 06:49 PM
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Horse pucks.
Its a thinly veiled attack on unions/unionised workers.
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09-15-2014, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Lildog
Its a thinly veiled attack on unions/unionised workers.
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Absolutely, but it makes a good point. It's that entitlement thing.
Grizz
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09-15-2014, 09:48 PM
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It should be less "thinly veiled".
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Originally Posted by Lildog
Its a thinly veiled attack on unions/unionised workers.
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Do you really support this kind of absolutely absurd and ridiculous suggestion by the union? Their "workers" (using the term very loosely) already work about 40% less for 40% more compensation than private sector workers of a comparable calibre and qualification (the latest statistics, not my invention). The only bright side of such absolute nonsense is that I was able to put out a humorous e-mail to my managers and employees today to affirm that we would not be giving any paid bereavement leave for the disappearance of imaginary friends - what we will do is limited support for their rehabiltiation in the appropriate facility (?). Got a hearty laugh and some perceptive and funny responses from people who live in the real economic world.
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09-15-2014, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by schmedlap
Do you really support this kind of absolutely absurd and ridiculous suggestion by the union?
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No, I never said I did.
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09-15-2014, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
Absolutely, but it makes a good point. It's that entitlement thing.
Grizz
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Agreed!
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09-16-2014, 12:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schmedlap
Do you really support this kind of absolutely absurd and ridiculous suggestion by the union? Their "workers" (using the term very loosely) already work about 40% less for 40% more compensation than private sector workers of a comparable calibre and qualification (the latest statistics, not my invention). The only bright side of such absolute nonsense is that I was able to put out a humorous e-mail to my managers and employees today to affirm that we would not be giving any paid bereavement leave for the disappearance of imaginary friends - what we will do is limited support for their rehabiltiation in the appropriate facility (?). Got a hearty laugh and some perceptive and funny responses from people who live in the real economic world.
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Hey lets paint all Union workers with the same brush. If it wasn't for the Unions the non union sectors wages would be a lot lower.
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09-16-2014, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by The Cook
Hey lets paint all Union workers with the same brush. If it wasn't for the Unions the non union sectors wages would be a lot lower.
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Hoooooo boy. And heeeere we go...
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09-16-2014, 02:54 PM
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I'm thinking the instigator of this batty definition expansion has to be plastic shaman of northern european descent.
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09-16-2014, 04:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
Absolutely, but it makes a good point. It's that entitlement thing.
Grizz
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So, no one is entitle days off when some dies, Grizz.
Anyhow, Sun News has a great way of macerating stories to the point where there is no legitimacy to them.
If in fact this true, how many Firts Nation, Aboriginal or Inuit government employees do you know have "Spirit Friends"? Few I bet, so what would be the cost?
At any rate, I'm not up on FN, A & I culture but whose to say this isn't lesgitimate? After all, we take days off for other religious reasons...
I'm not taking sides here, I'm just trying to see it from another perspective.
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09-16-2014, 05:14 PM
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Not
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cook
Hey lets paint all Union workers with the same brush. If it wasn't for the Unions the non union sectors wages would be a lot lower.
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"painting them all with the same brush" at all. There are unions, of course, with some executives and reps who actually have an ounce of common sense and conception of reality, and genuinely work to better the lot of their constituents in an intelligent manner. good on them. Then there is the PSAC and their ilk ...
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