Is it about seniors, or workers?

by Lorne Gunter

Perhaps you’ve seen them, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ (AUPE) ads claiming that three operators of seniors homes in the province are “lining their pockets” with “millions” of tax dollars intended for seniors benefits. If not, you can see them at the AUPE’s special website, stoptheripoff.ca.

In the ads, plaintive seniors claim Park Place Seniors Living, Triple A Living Communities and Revera Inc. are diverting tax dollars that should be going to seniors care to make – gasp! – profits. From the actors’ tone and expressions, you’d think the trio of companies was subjecting residents to forced labour (Knit those flammable baby clothes faster, Granny!), rations of gruel and daily floggings. Read more…

Perhaps he should have done so at his trial

By: Lorrie Goldstein

Conrad Black wants to testify to his innocence before the advisory panel of the Order of Canada.

This raises the question of why he declined to do so before the jury during his criminal trial in the U.S. Read more…