Introduction Premier Doug Ford's use of the notwithstanding clause to prevent a union legal challgenge to legislation forcing education workers back to work despite the workers not even going out on strike yet should give the left pause for thought. Is not Ford's government part of the public sector? And yet the social-democratic or social … Continue reading The CUPE Education Workers Strike: A Lesson on the Nature of the Public Sector
Tag: Bureaucracy
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Real Assumption of Some Bureaucratic Tribunals, Part Two
This is a continuation of a previous post. It is supposed to be a fundamental principle of criminal law that a person is presumed innocent until proven otherwise by the State (government). This is the ideology or the rhetoric (which much of the left have swallowed). The reality is otherwise. In reality, the administrative apparatus … Continue reading Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Real Assumption of Some Bureaucratic Tribunals, Part Two
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Real Assumption of Some Bureaucratic Tribunals, Part One
It is supposed to be a fundamental principle of criminal law that a person is presumed innocent until proven otherwise by the State (government). This is the ideology or the rhetoric (which much of the left have swallowed). The reality is otherwise. In reality, the administrative apparatus of various organizations of the government and semi-governmental … Continue reading Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Real Assumption of Some Bureaucratic Tribunals, Part One
Another Personal Example of the Oppressive Nature of Public Welfare Services
Recently, I experienced a less oppressive form of "service" by the Ontario Ministry of Health--but an oppressive form of service nonetheless. Having turned 65 on December 30, 2021, I retired. Earlier, I had been receiving disability benefits from Manitoba Teachers' Society and the Canadian Pension Plan (I will be outlining, in future posts my experiences … Continue reading Another Personal Example of the Oppressive Nature of Public Welfare Services
The Abolitionary 