I don't often agree with Leanne Hachey, the engaging but disturbingly right-wing Atlantic VP of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, but she scored a bullseye this week with her critique of the Dexter government's fake consultation on its much-criticized first-contract legislation. (Disclosure: Hachey and I are longtime friends and sparring partners.) Documents FOIPOPed by the CFIB demonstrated that the legislation was drafted before the consultation began, although the draft bill was never disclosed during the window-dressing sessions. The federation and other business groups spent tens of thousands of dollars opposing the bill only to discover what they suspected all along: it...

13 April, 2012