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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by ungreased0675 on Monday January 06, 2025 @01:53PM (#42613922)
That logic seems like it would outlaw labor strikes too, especially in important industries. Sometimes, holding the economy hostage is the point.

I take exception to the framing of “attempts to settle this.” The government used violence and threat of violence to make the problem go away. There wasn’t an attempt at compromise. Do what I say or else isn’t an attempt to settle.

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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by segasaturn on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:13PM (#42615122)
The recent postal strikes in Canada are an example of the situation you're describing. Eventually the federal government had to step in and break the strike to get the mail system moving again - if the workers refused to comply, against the orders of the government, I actually think strong measures like the freezing of bank accounts would be warranted and supported by most Canadians.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by gruez on Monday January 06, 2025 @05:30PM (#42616777)
>I actually think strong measures like the freezing of bank accounts would be warranted and supported by most Canadians.

Typically such measures are mandated by court order, not executive fiat.

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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by ungreased0675 on Monday January 06, 2025 @05:50PM (#42616985)
The government should be able to force people to work under worse conditions and less pay they want to? That’s ok if most Canadians support it? Really? I hope you can appreciate just how dangerous this sounds, even if you think my slippery slope has a lot of traction on it.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by roncesvalles on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:59PM (#42615731)
Except it wasn't a labour strike.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi... by gruez on Monday January 06, 2025 @05:33PM (#42616800)
That's how analogies are supposed to work. How do you expect civil society to function if people only supported civil disobedience when it's their preferred cause?
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