KICK THOSE CONSERVATIVE ASSES CAROL GOAR

Today's Waterloo Region Record carrys this opinion piece by Carol Goar "Canadians want a fair shot at jobs in their own country". That seems outrageous to me. Why should Canadians have a leg up on Mexicans, caribbean workers, chinese, central american workers or any others in the entire world for that matter? Aren't we all wedded to globalization? The idea that money (and labour) are perfectly mobile in this world? Well O.K. so Canadian workers and citizens live here generally year round. Also they pay taxes year round and they also have the right to vote. In fact unless I'm wrong, at least in theory, our politicians (including Conservatives) report to the people. Hell taken to the extreme they are even accountable to Canadian citizens. Now this is getting sticky. Some people from small business owners to multinational corporations want more profits. One way to accomplish this is on the expense side of the ledger. If you can save money bringing in people from third world countries at lower wages and benefits then why can't you layoff Canadian workers? Well first off laid off workers pay less income and sales taxes. Plus if they realize what's going on they'll kick the f...ing bast.... out of office who sold their jobs down the river so somebody else can pocket their "excess" wages. These "excess" wages might mean that the Canadian family get to buy and drive a car. It might mean horror of horrors that these families can help out their children to better their educations at University. Or as Henry Ford figured out, his employees could actually buy the products of their own manufacture.

Carol Goar dispels numerous myths and falsehoods. There are no labour shortages in Canada. If you have a crappy job to fill then raise your wages and working conditions. There will be lots of Canadian applicants. Canadians allegedly have a poor work ethic. Pure horseshit. Canadians go to sea to fish, they go down into mines, they work outdoors summer and winter and they die on the job far too often just to be able to feed themselves and their families. Fuck you very much right wing Conservative assholes. Yes foreign workers will cheerfully accept low pay, dangerous conditions, lousy living accomodations and oh so importantly, mouthy, bullying bosses. Canadians not so much. We're just bad I guess.