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Its about time for a General Strike and if this kind of crap continues Canadians will have to storm parliament and chase these crooks out of the province...but we can only dream right?

And you won't see them take any cuts, in fact I'd bet that Tony Clement is involved in another slush fund which we will come to know in two years if they haven't been chased out of office by then

I don't see how its saving taxpayers money when some of the money they're cutting is going to them?

what we want is for THEM not to get bonuses for doing their job what the fuck is the point of cutting money if you're just going to pay them more money for doing it? It doesn't make the slightest bit of sense

Brought to you by the one and only Tony Clement This just adds to the richer becoming richer and the poorer becoming poorer and it is policies like this that will set off an reaction by the Canadian people as surely we are now waking up to the realities of what is going on thanks to wikileaks and the occupy wall street movement... welcome to the future http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/deeper-cuts-mean-bigger-bonuses-senior-bureaucrats-told/article2197020/ Axe-wielding executives in the public service stand to earn big bonuses based on how much they cut in the run-up to the 2012 federal budget. Treasury Board President Tony Clement says 40 per cent of “at risk” pay for senior managers will be based on how much they contribute to the Conservatives’ target of finding at least $4-billion a year in permanent savings. This is the first year the performance-based incentive has ever been tied to government cuts, and Mr. Clement says the 2012 budget – likely to be tabled in February or March – will be the ultimate yardstick for doling out the rewards. “In terms of measuring the goal [for receiving extra pay] in terms of our government-wide objective of deficit reduction, that crystallizes with the 2012 budget,” Mr. Clement said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. While the budget is still at least four months away, it’s crunch time for a special cabinet committee chaired by Mr. Clement that must go through restraint plans from every federal department. Each department must submit two proposals: one for a 5-per-cent cut and another outlining what a 10-per-cent cut would look like. One union leader said he’s concerned financial rewards may encourage managers to go too far in their hunt for cuts. “There’s a potential to be a little overzealous,” said Gary Corbett, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. Salaries for federal executives (not including deputy ministers) range from $101,100 to $191,900, and “at risk” pay – based on performance – can range as high as an additional 20 per cent. Bonuses of up to 6 per cent are also offered. Mr. Clement will be describing Canada’s experience with stimulus spending and deficit reduction in a speech to Washington’s Chamber of Commerce later this week. The two-day trip will also include meetings with senior members of the White House’s Open Government Initiative. Drawing inspiration from the Obama administration’s efforts, Ottawa is planning to make far more internal documents, statistics and spending plans freely available to the public as part of its own “open government” plan. The Harper government has faced heavy criticism over the years for its tight grip on information – including major parliamentary battles over Afghan detainee documents and the cost of federal crime bills – but Mr. Clement insists more transparency is coming. By early next year, he expects that all information released by federal departments in response to access-to-information requests will be easily available online. That would replace the current system, which can be highly cumbersome for the public to find out what information has been released to individual requesters. The process became even more challenging in 2008 after the government shut down a registry that tracked government-wide access-to-information requests. The minister’s visit to Washington comes at a pivotal time in U.S. politics as Democrats and Republicans square off over the need for a second wave of stimulus spending and the question of whether tax increases should be part of a long-term plan to reduce the deficit. Mr. Clement says he plans to stay out of those debates. He intends to highlight Canada’s efforts to follow the U.S. lead by putting more raw government data online, noting that private-sector firms like Google have successfully used open-data files in the U.S. to create new services like public-transit tips. One aspect of Canada’s “open government” push was quietly launched in August. For the first time ever, all government departments released quarterly spending reports showing whether or not they are on budget. That information allowed The Globe to report that the Correctional Service of Canada was spending more than $450-million this year to implement a single Conservative crime bill, the Truth in Sentencing Act. Mr. Clement said by sharing the information that government uses to make decisions, citizens can become more informed and engaged on public policy issues. “You can get into this whole world of crowd-sourcing where rather than it just [being] cabinet committees or caucuses deciding policy, you could get the public that are engaged in a particular issue to help come up with options or even help make decisions,” he said. “That to me is the ultimate future of open government.”

"Air Canada strike could lead to labour code change" According to Lisa Rait, I have a feeling if it comes down to that, that we'll see a very violent shift in this country towards conservative politicians...lets hope it doesn't come down to that though

Air Canada is a private company, this is fact Tilter Harper better watch his back because the people are getting restless and stupid decisions like this will put him in danger by anyone he attempts to screw over General Strike coming to a city near you soon

What a stupid article The Supreme Court has to interject if the Government continues to ignore key evidence in making its policy decisions That doesn't make these judges activist judges it just makes the Government assholes who only think with their ideology despite mountains of evidence that show otherwise

might be illegal but the supreme court ruled its permitted in the facility that is the bottom line

Did China sign the document? cause Canada did

mhm http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C029 Officials of the administration, even when they have the duty of encouraging the populations under their charge to engage in some form of labour, shall not put constraint upon the said populations or upon any individual members thereof to work for private individuals, companies or associations.

2., Minister Raitt signed the 1930 Convention on forced labour act which means the Canadian government cannot force people back to work

ive never seen a private company be forced back to work before

I completely agree with you

yes, you do not pay ransom to terrorists, sure you would save a few lives but in the end they will kill more and buy loads of weapons with the ransom money you gave them as well as putting more canadians at risk cause they know youll pay them ransom if youre not a soldier do not go to those countries

if theyre forced back to work and refuse what could happen? would they be fired?

But ya, American tv shows are far suprerior...The Wire, The Shield, Breaking Bad, Dexter, 24, Damages, Six Feet Under can't top those

Have you seen Canadian tv? most of it sucks, Corner Gas is good though But hey you might not have noticed that many American tv shows and movies are taped in Canada ..namely Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto Rookie Blue is a Canadian tv show and gets around 9 or 10 million viewers an episode down south even though it sucks

Who knows what their Ulterior motives are

Bob, were you disgusted when you heard that Harpers government paid ransom for 2 Canadians? millions of dollars to terrorists who used money to buy weapons to kidnap more people and hold them for ransom? this after the cons started calling layton taliban jack AND Harper saying he'd never pay ransom to terrorists Right wingers who aren't critical of this behaviour are disgusting and unCanadian should we now call Harper Taliban Stephen?

That brings me to my 2nd point 2., Minister Raitt signed the 1930 Convention on forced labour act which means the Canadian government cannot force people back to work How did she forget so soon? I let a few NDP politicians know on twitter, hopefully they call her on it for breaking the same documents she signed only a few months ago

I find American elections take way too long, They have a year to promote themselves while Canada has around a month I think maybe the right amount of time for an election is 4 or 5 months Who should be the President? Doesn't matter to me, I never like any of them anyway

I never bought into the Afghan detainee scandal, it is war, mistreatment often happens but I believed the Canadian troops wouldn't be savages A link to the article would be nice

Few points 1., Air Canada is not an essential service 2., Minister Raitt signed the 1930 Convention on forced labour act which means the Canadian government cannot force people back to work 3., Harper prorogued parliament at the beginning of the 2008 financial meltdown to save his own ass with no regards to the very fragile economy yet Air Canada is a bigger threat to the economy should the workers go on strike? Who do these assholes think they are? All this is going to do is fuel the occupy wall street movement in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/10/10/air-canada-strike-threat.html The federal government is considering its options for handling a threat by Air Canada flight attendants to walk off the job as early as Thursday. However, a statement issued by Labour Minister Lisa Raitt's office leaves little doubt the government will intervene if the flight attendants go on strike. "We will be clear that a work stoppage is unacceptable in this time of fragile economy," the statement said. The 6,800 flight attendants have rejected a tentative deal reached between their union and the airline and are poised to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the union said in a news release Sunday. Air Canada said it hopes to avoid a work stoppage but will maintain a partial schedule in the event of a strike. Customers who have already bought tickets to fly over the next six days will be allowed to change their travel dates at no charge, the airline said. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said 65 per cent of the flight attendants who cast ballots voted to reject management proposals. Earlier agreement rejected It was the second time in recent months that flight attendants have turned down a tentative agreement with the airline. They voted 87 per cent against ratifying the previous effort, in August. "We ask the federal government, in the strongest possible terms, to respect our right to collective bargaining and not intervene unilaterally in this dispute,” Jeff Taylor, president of CUPE's branch for Air Canada flight attendants, said in a statement Sunday night. After the first day of a three-day walkout by Air Canada's sales and support staff in June, Raitt indicated she would introduce back-work-legislation. The airline and the Canadian Auto Workers union reached a deal the next day. Raitt vowed last month to force a contract on flight attendants, too, if they walk off the job. On Sunday, the statement from her office referred to the flight attendants' rejection of two agreements backed by their bargaining committee. "It is clear there is a breakdown in the process contemplated in the Canada Labour Code," the statement said. Taylor said this second rejection by attendants shows how frustrated they are with the airline after years of making concessions in wages and benefits. Union leaders had predicted the second, revamped offer, reached Sept. 20, would be approved. They said they had managed to get about 80 per cent of what the membership was demanding in the areas of wages, pensions, crew rest, working conditions and work rules.

I don't see how that is possible since Canada was the first country to legalize Medical Marihuana it was about to be decriminalized but the US threatened Canada also the americans pressured harper to shut insite down