Category: Just The Asides

Why is the government waiting to proclaim the PSSA? I thought there was a financial emergency, and dire warnings of our precarious fiscal position. But it has been 2 1/2 years. Don’t they need it yet?

If a tax by any other name would be as taxing, could wage freezes be indirect taxation? And if members of public sector unions are paying more in taxes to support public services, would this qualify as discriminatory taxation?

I don’t understand why the government doesn’t think it should have to compete in its own labour market. It does everywhere else.

If businessmen go into government to bring the principles of good business to government, then shouldn’t they act like good businessmen when they get there?

Ok, Manitoba. Politicizing the Office of the Provincial Comptroller?

That takes the poop-cake.

Let’s take one last look at the Elephant in the Room, and then say goodbye.

How did the Government of Manitoba get to such an embarrassing PSSA place? They backed into it.

Why am I here? Why spend so much watching lawyers and judges and reading endless cases? It’s a pretty simple answer.

I was mad.

There’s lots to discover from considering Justice McKelvey’s decision, and not just for labour lawyers. Let’s take a look at what we have learned.