Liberal Betrayal

As expected the Liberals shafted Canadian workers today.

Uncorrected Proofs beat me to listing the breakdown of voting:

How did prominent Liberals vote on Bill C-257?

In favour:

Stronach
Coderre
Fry
Easter

Opposed:

Dion
Martin
Ignatieff
Martin
McCallum
Sgro
Graham
Volpe
Bennett
Brison
Goodale
Dryden

What about the Conservatives?

Only one Conservative MP supported the bill, Jeff Watson from Essex.

For the detailed vote count and parliamentary record go here.

The NDP and Bloc unanimously supported the legislation.

Essex workers have a Conservative MP who clearly cares about their issues, maybe that means he deserves their support. However even in Essex a vote for the Conservatives is unambiguously a vote for a party inimically hostile to labour. They may want to think about that.

And workers in Liberal ridings need to remember this out and out act of betrayal based on a contemptuous condescending lie the next time someone tells them Liberals are so much better for their interests than the Conservatives.

These Liberal MPs just lied to our faces because they know that essential services were not threatened by this law.

They just made it clear that they think trade unionists are irresponsible maniacs who would risk the healths and lives of our fellow Canadians, and that we're too stupid to know when we're being lied to.

Update: Erin at Relentlessly Progressive Economics looks on the bright side.