Commentary
It’s just as well that striking federal public servants didn’t use trucks to block roads, interfere with critical infrastructure, and cause Canadians major and lasting inconvenience if not harm. Someone might have said something. For instance, “seize their bank accounts.”
Just kidding. Not about blocking roads, etc. Those things really happened. But the only drawback if PSAC had used trucks is that it would have made the contrast that much more awkward. Or would it? These people don’t embarrass easily.
As the Ottawa Citizen noted on April 18, PSAC released a list of “just over 250 picket line locations across the country” that “included government offices, Service Canada centres, offices of members of Parliament, correctional facilities, Royal Canadian Mounted Police stations, military bases, and border crossings.” The PM did not declare it unacceptable….