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Working Families is a front group for big union bosses

Union bosses bashing democracy in Ontario



Working Families is a front group for big union bosses. Nothing wrong with that.

It emerges every provincial election in Ontario with the sole purpose of running attack ads designed to undermine the Progressive Conservatives. Nothing wrong with that. To finance their ad campaigns they use forced union dues squeezed out of the pockets of unionized employees. And there's a lot wrong with that! It's wrong for union bosses to essentially compel unionized employees to finance a political campaign whether they like it or not. This practice is clearly undemocratic. It's also an infringement on free expression and free association. Just as we have the right to associate with any group, we should also have the right not to associate. More...

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Gerry Nicholls——

Gerry Nicholls is a Toronto writer and a senior fellow with the Democracy Institute. His web site is Making sense with Nicholls


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