Public Sector Union winter of resistance movement rejects Austerity by Jason Kenny, Public Servants could care less if Private Sector jobs are leaving – November 7, 2019,

The economy we as Canadians fall under revolves around voluntary contribution, there is no gun to your head forcing you to work, nor is there a gun to your head forcing you not to work. The responsibility of the Government is to be a good manager of their economy. Private companies go bankrupt and so can governments, the difference is when a Private business goes bankrupt operations cease, however, the assumption of government employees is that when the government is on the verge of bankruptcy the assumption of the unionized public sector workforce is that they’re somehow more important then everyone else and therefore their jobs and their very existence is somehow more worthy of being preserved.

Austerity measures exist primarily because the government in some capacity intervened too much into the economy. Although Albertans, for the most part, voted for a Conservative Prime Minister, the rest of Canada voted for a Left Wing politician. Already high paying energy companies are leaving Alberta and one will assume there will be more departures in the coming months and years. Now, when a private company starts losing customers, it has to make cutbacks on staff, now the actual truth of this, is that given the option most employers wouldn’t cut jobs, however, there’s something that exists called a minimum wage, which guarantees and employee that he/she will be paid for their time.

This minimum wage to a private business means that even if they don’t have any customers they still have to make payroll, not only does the private business have to make payroll in an economic downturn, but via the government, the private employer may also have to pride or contribute to their employees social security and retirement all the while paying taxes to the government. Now in the public sector, their customers are supposed to be the people, which one could argue means that Publis Servants during an economic downturn should be willing to work for free. However Public Servants are unionized and as you’ll learn when you read the article below, the Unions’ job is to make sure the people it represents get paid even if that means the province of Alberta will have to go into debt to do it.

If you’ve ever heard of the country of Argentina, the reason that the country experiences hyperinflation in its currency is because of it’s huge public sector which is very political and very unionized. Investing in Argentina is like playing with a hornets’ nest expecting not to get stung. All the public sector entities in Argentina expect to be paid by the government and austerity measures are off the table.

Money funneled to the public sector has to come from the Private Sector, if you go to any third world nation ruled by dictators, what you may not know is how anti-capitalistic that thrid world nation is. Nobody wants to invest in a place that’s horribly managed. If I Invest in Alberta, I don’t want to know that the Alberta government is bankrupt, because my private business might be on the hook if things fall apart. Also typically when there’s an economic downturn, Governments often point the blame at the rich, which actually means the government is pointing the blame at private businesses. When that government strategy of blaming the rich doesn’t resonate, Governments might make something up, the might make up something like “Climate Change” or “climate emergency” which in actuality means that the governments want to be able to collect more tax dollars to finance the growth of government.

I’m not against Unions, but Public Sector Unions are entities that people should pay close attention too. By the way, Crown Corporations should be classified as Public Sector entities also, The Bank of Canada, CMHC, Canada Post, the CBC these entities and entities like these all over Canada enjoy economic protections not afforded to private enterprises. As it relates to Alberta’s Public Sector union strikes, it’s almost like they’re saying they want separation, because the main reason Jason Kenny has to make cuts is because of Justin Trudeau’s policies. It’s unlikely that Justin Trudeau will change and it’s also unlikely that Jason Kenny will ever become Prime Minister and if the trend in Alberta which involves more and more private businesses leaving continues, there will be no money to pay these public sector workers, they’ll also be no equalization payments for other Canadian provinces and this, of course, equates to what I’ve been writing about for years now… A Canadian dollar currency crisis!

Union workers ready for ‘winter of resistance’ against Alberta government | CBC

Interesting times ahead!