Archive for September, 2009

Raising EI Premiums

Monday, September 14th, 2009 by thwap

So, always incompetent finance minister Jim Flaherty is conceding deficits until 2015 ‘eh? And to mitigate these deficits, the fucking stupid asshole proposes to raise EI premiums!

The Harper government’s plan for whittling down Ottawa’s deficit by 2015 includes collecting billions of dollars more in payroll taxes than it pays out in Employment Insurance benefits over […]

The Winnipeg General Strike: 90 Years On

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 by DSquared

Since this year is the 90th anniversary of a pivotal event in labour history in Canada, I thought it warranted a front page article.
The Winnipeg General Strike happened in 1919. It was in the aftermath of WWI when soldiers were returning home and had trouble finding work, and many people were struggling in poverty. Immigrants, […]