Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, June 17, 2011

Federal cheques out June 20 despite postal lockout

Canada Post reminded Canadians on Thursday that despite the labour dispute, postal workers will be delivering two million public pension and government cheques across the country on Monday, June 20.

An agreement was reached with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in March 2011 to ensure delivery of the cheques.

The cheques being delivered include the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Veteran's Affairs Pension Plan, Canada Tax Benefit and Receiver General of Canada.

The Crown corporation also said Quebec's Pension, Child Assistance and Income Security cheques as well as Alberta's Pension cheques will be delivered on that day.

All post offices will be open on June 20 to allow customers to retrieve their cheques, but they will not be handling any other retail transactions.

Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt will introduce back-to-work legislation for Canada Post in the House on Monday.

Canada Post suspended operations late Tuesday after postal workers had been engaged in 12 days of rotating strikes.

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Source: CBC news 

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