Canada's public sector union is protesting. FYI don't let their gears logo fool you, these aren't machinists but office workers whose demand include not having to come back into the office and a double-digit raise.
Striking public servants block access to government buildings and key infrastructure: https://archive.is/OgOLe
https://twitter.com/bcbluecon/status/1650910137702572032
Remember when the truckers did this? Me neither:
Outside the Prime Minister's Office building and the Treasury Board headquarters a few blocks away, strikers limited entry to just one person every five minutes.
We shut down the Port of Montreal and downtown boulevards, the Port of Vancouver and the Port of Saint John’s; we blockaded the Treasury Board office in Ottawa and other strategic locations from coast to coast.
https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1651051856234262537
PSAC strikers “honking and yelling” is terrifying local special needs kids. Trudeau invoked martial law against the truckers for less.
https://twitter.com/realmonsanto/status/1651079207923990530
Peacefully kicking cars and shutting down our ports now?
FUN FACT: This union opposed the Freedom convoy: https://twitter.com/TheFreedomHoney/status/1651078413963378690
Oh, and they get to keep their full salary while picketing: https://twitter.com/duncandee/status/1650972432818118661
A few days ago, United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith decided that with an election looming she'd only give each outlet 1 question instead of the previous standard 1 Q & 1 followup: https://tnc.news/2023/04/17/notley-kicks-reporters-out/
NDP leader Rachel Notley used this to attack Smith as "hating democracy" or whatever, and bragged at a press conference today she was "happy to take any questions."
A bit of a wrinkle though, 1st she refused to take questions from a reporter for independent outlet the Western Standard, claiming they were "homophobic": https://web.archive.org/web/20230418041839/https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/watch-notley-says-ws-is-homophobic-hateful/article_ec5434a8-dd51-11ed-b516-cb29c1e7f866.html
At least he was able to attend, at the same time ex-Rebel News reporter Keean Bexte was refused entry & removed by police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jEDTCTfqUU
Rebel's current reporter was also denied: https://www.rebelnews.com/rebel_news_reporter_gets_booted_from_ndp_presser
https://twitter.com/UCPWarRoom/status/1648082793266843649
WOAH👀 Must Watch 👇 @RachelNotley latest press conference goes off the rails fast when she refuses to answer reporters.
I checked out the MSM news tonight to see how they covered it- missed CBC as 6pm news was replaced w hockey. Global didn't cover it at all, while CTV & CityTV didn't mention it in their opening over more important news like someone saw a wolverine! They both party mentioned it- they covered her calling WS "homophobic" but 0 mention of the 2 reporters being denied.
