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that reminded of some article I read that gave me the impression that unions in Canada don't function the same way as they do in the US. Is there a publication that you would recommend for someone wanting to get a feel for the political landscape of Canada?
The unions here tend to believe more that they are out to help society and the down trodden... Any gains they make they believe will filter down to everyone... As well, they are not afraid to involve themselves in politics, in having legislation such as universal health care created... After all, why bother negotiating for a better health plan if you can just nationalize health insurance and pay via corporate taxes... Here though as well, public sector unions are more powerful than in the private sector... Some provinces are very union friendly to the point they are institutionalized, such as Quebec, while some provinces are private sector union unfriendly such as my native Alberta, where we have a lite version of right-to-work (oil and ag are the two main industries here, both very conservative), so there is a mix here as well...
Next it will be "Hurricane" by Bob Dillon, no way in Canada the good could THAT song be played! The dreaded "N" word. How about "Working Class Hero" by the late John Lennon, the dreaded "F" word. My ears! My ears!
A couple days after this story aired, CBC radio's program Q had a great discussion of this issue. If I recall it correctly:
First they made it clear that it wasn't gov't censorship because it's an industry self-policing board.
Two they said, Dire Straits had produced a 'radio copy' that eliminated the words and had been playing on the radio for years and they also eliminated the word from their own greatest hits album.
Then they listed a whole bunch of other examples of the same self-censorship.
They also raised the issue that if the authors themselves change their own songs to get more radio airplay and album sales is it really censorship...
Last edited by AlbertaSunwapta; 01-24-2011 at 03:44 PM..
Reason: added Q link
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