Except for the reporters who fought the good fight and lost to Conrad Black's union-busting efforts in an anti-union province. In the home of the neo-con movement in Canada, in the city which gave birth to that movement. This was a major strike in the history of the province and in the fight for workers rights in Alberta and journalists rights across Canada.
The same Conrad Black who is now facing criminal charges in the U.S. for embezzlement of Hollinger funds.
And why should we care that Tom Olson was a scab, or that media in Canada is concentrated in the hands of a few private interests? Because now that same right wing is in power in Ottawa, as well as in Alberta, and they dominate the mainstream media in Canada.
Read the whole article here:
http://plawiuk.blogspot.com/2007/02/ed-stelmach-hires-scab.html
[Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on February 5, 2007]
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