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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
In Edmonton it was.
Too many government employees had enough with PC MLAs and Ministers throwing the bureaucrats under the bus when the contreversial decisions were made by the political staff.
It was done. The question was what party would the votes go to
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Personally I don't care too much for government employee feelings.
Maybe that's just me.
But the NDP can't release a budget where the day to day operating of the bureaucracy is operating at a loss.
The wage freeze of senior level bureaucrats that they announced is being viewed as pretty cynical because in the grand scheme of things its minor and doesn't save a whole lot of money.
for the NDP to survive, they're literally going to have to throw the civil service under the bus, and that's going to be tough for them, since that's their voting base.
I would expect that there will be pressure on them to push for salary cuts, reductions in force and wage freezes for front line workers like nurses and teachers.
If they don't do this, they'll be seen as siding with the unions, and it will gut them in the long term.
Notley's going to have to have the balls to do what she instinctively will not want to do.