Unions aren just a friendly face or lobby group for the NDP, they are one and the same.
There was a kerfuffle when the federal leadership didn't give them a distinct vote as part of selecting Mulcair. i remember drama from the other leading candidate that the unions are part of their DNA and what a terrible thing. That guy, Brian Topp, runs our government now. Hooray.
To select Notley as leader, 80% of the votes came from party members. 20% were specifically given to unions as an entity. Or something like that.
And I don't buy the idea that union strategists were actually offside on the royalty outcome. McGowan might be blowing smoke because he's generally a loon who loves his own press, but i suspect his comments are pretty contrived to either reinforce the pragmatic headlines for the ndp, or maybe to trial balloon the idea of raising rates at higher prices if and when we get there. Probably just the former.
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