Would you hire a wolf to guard your sheep? Well, Rachel Notley just did.
The NDP have hired a former Alberta Union of Public Employees staff negotiator to negotiate on behalf of the Government with the Alberta Union of Public Employees.
Have these people never heard of a conflict of interest before?
Kevin Davediuk was a staff negotiator for the AUPE, a union of mostly government employees whose contracts are up for negotiation soon. As of yesterday, he was still listed as a staff negotiator at AUPE. He’s made a career out of getting what he can out of the government on behalf of our bloated public sector.
As an Albertan, do you feel like you're going to have someone who will bargain hard with the unions to defend your pocket book? I don’t. This union/government overlap isn't new with Rachel Notley’s NDP government. It’s a feature and not a bug. Mark Wells was a communications strategist with the AUPE. He now has a 6 figure job heading up the communications arm of the Alberta government called the Public Affairs Bureau. The NDP named their first budget “The Alberta Way”. That’s a slogan and trademark used by the AUPE.
After 3 more years, we won’t know where the union ends and the Government begins.
Dear Diary;
Last night I had dinner with my BFF, B.O. Say what you want about him, but the man knows his grub, not to mention what a great evening he put on for us.
I’m really pleased with myself that I asked Gerald to decide not to bring MaryAnn along. I mean, this was a pretty classy spread that B.O. put on for us, and if there’s one thing I hate it’s watching any of the dirt people chewing their food with their mouths wide open. I’ll try to remember to ask Gerald to stop hiring cabinet members for me from the local union halls.
B.O. said that he wants to do a meth deal with me. Naturally I said; “sure man, I’m totally down with that action”. Some people looked puzzled, but I think they were just having trouble keeping up with our advanced command of street talk.
I wanted to suck and toady up to him, but at the same time glorify myself, obviously, so I planned on invoking the old “special relationship” bit, then Gerald pointed out that throughout modern history just about every tin-pot, despotic, dictating, fascist, national leader uses that expression when talking about themselves and the United States. Well, I certainly don’t ever want to be defined as a tin-pot, so I wanted to come up with some fresh material. But then I heard one of B.O.’s guys talking about our special relationship, so I thought, what the heck, if there’s a dinner and a joint in it for me, I’ll just go with the flow.
But oddly the socialists and media are silent on the NDP hiring former public sector union leaders to fill high level government positions. Hypocrisy much? Conflict of interest much?
Just another thing this government gets away with because the main stream media will ignore it. Same type of things happens at the federal level.
It really is frustrating how the left in Canada at all levels of the governments both provincial and federal along with their respective bureaucracies and the judiciary at all level, including the majority of the media are so permeated with socialists that they can literally do anything they want and get away with it.
Usually the media is there to hold governments to account, but not when the main stream media is in full agreement with and in some cases collusion with (see CBC) the socialist governments.
And all the while much of the Canadian public is completely oblivious to and uncaring of it all.
-the UNION PARTYAlberta will become the " state of the Union "
Had enough yet? Waiting for the big win in Calgary Greenway? What are you going to do if the NDP win? Dig in your heels and straighten up your back? WAKE UP! You know what has to be done so GET ON WITH IT! Do you want your donation money to dry up first? Can’t stand each other? I don’t care if you hate each others guts. MERGE NOW. GET ON WITH IT!
Good job SHEILA—-you got job security girl for the next 3 years!!
you are so screwed! you know they are going to thumb their noses at you. expect to pay more while the unions generously give their members more time off to spend your money with.
I guess they believe Canadians will just shut-up and do as they are told.
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill
Notley Gvt. Union negotiator: " Gee I dunno guys – - d’ya think a 40% wage increase, 4 day week,1 month paid holidays and full pension at 48 is enough? I mean, we were prepared to go much higher. Why not think about it and come back to the table later?"