Right to work. Right not to work. Right to quit.
Forced to work equals slavery. Slavery prohibited in the free world, rightly so.
Right to ask for more, right to strike, right to unionize protected by legislation.
Unionized postal workers have the right to strike, right to negotiate and a right to bargain for more.
Pursuant to Section 14 of the CPC Act, Canada Post Corp. has an exclusive privilege in basic postal service, created and enforced by the government. Nobody has the right to compete with the CPC.
All of us have a Charter right to free speech - a meaningless right without the right to communicate. Many people are dependent on the mail to communicate.
Every strike causes innocent third-party harm. The harm can be minor, major or catastrophic.
The exclusive privilege of CPC intensifies the harm caused; people have nowhere else to go for basic postal service. The inaction of the government injures Canadians’ constitutional right to communicate.
When does the government’s failure to limit the harm caused by this exclusive privilege become a Charter breach?
Bex Wagstaffe
Prince George
