Postal Kerfuffle

The House of Commons has been arguing for nearly a day now against the proposed back to work legislation for Canada Post employees. It's been so long, that they're now bound to break an already established parliamentary record of 27.5 hours of continued debate against a bill.
There really is no better definition of a filibuster. As the speeches continue from the left side of the chamber, it's important we look at the shit (because that's really what it is) emerging from the government.

Stephen Harper and his Conservatives hacks have no right to interfere in union negotiations. Yet to then propose a wage hike that was even less than the demands, that is just barbaric. Worse still, there are no provisions to address the growing number of injuries at the workplace. In short the legislation enshrines exactly what the Conservatives are all about - poor wages for the worker, democratic infringement of basic rights, poor parliamentary standards, and arrogance towards true issues of safety.

The NDP has pledged to continue its filibuster against this dreadful legislation, and could if they used all of their available tools, stretch this fight out until next weekend. Meanwhile the Conservatives are now blaming the world's problems on us, and Bob Rae is attempting to make himself sound relevant. The beauty of this battle though is that for the first time in well, about five years, there actually is an opposition to Stephen Harper, not a yelling match that ends with the reds voting en masse with the blues.

Frankly, this is great. This should happen more often. Let's bring the government to its knees. It's important Stephen understands that a majority is not an excuse for him to do whatever he so pleases. He does not have the mandate of a monarch in feudal times, he has an opposition to listen to, and a real opposition too. This is also a great example to the people of the NDP's commitment to unions, and to fight for all working people.