http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Sun, 26 May 2013 02:31:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/10980-fewer-public-sector-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/10980-fewer-public-sector-jobs/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:52:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=315863 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/10980-fewer-public-sector-jobs/feed/ 0 The Harper government announces that it has eliminated 10,980 positions within the public sector... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/how-to-end-needless-strikes-start-with-good-faith-offers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/how-to-end-needless-strikes-start-with-good-faith-offers/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:03:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247211 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/how-to-end-needless-strikes-start-with-good-faith-offers/feed/ 0 Final offer arbitration may be the best option to deal with this year's strife http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:30:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/will-it-happen-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/feed/ 0 With contracts for half a million public sector workers to be negotiated this year, things could get very ugly http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/big-society-big-con/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/big-society-big-con/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:52:08 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/15/big-society-big-con/feed/ 10 PM David Cameron wants to remake Britain. Critics say his plan will end up destroying the United Kingdom. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/expect-more-wisconsins/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/expect-more-wisconsins/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:04:13 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174969 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/expect-more-wisconsins/feed/ 63 The battle lines over public sector wages and benefits are being drawn in the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/harper-fattens-federal-bureaucracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/harper-fattens-federal-bureaucracy/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:09:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170609 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/07/harper-fattens-federal-bureaucracy/feed/ 18 Are these Big Government Conservatives? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/hes-only-making-the-depression-worse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/hes-only-making-the-depression-worse/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:23:44 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116927 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/21/hes-only-making-the-depression-worse/feed/ 200 An anonymous correspondent at American culture weblog 2 Blowhards broadcasts monstrous untruths about Canada’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:53 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=115259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/feed/ 76 Still foolish enough to be in the private sector paying for the benefits of the public sector? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/the-war-for-workers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/the-war-for-workers/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:15:59 +0000 Rachel Mendleson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86141 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/14/the-war-for-workers/feed/ 28 The public sector is all the rage these days. How can the private sector compete? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/15/demanding-times/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/15/demanding-times/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:40:09 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=69580 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/15/demanding-times/feed/ 90 Public workers have it better already. By asking for more, they’ve sparked anger and envy.