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Conrad Black: Government Needs to Rethink Its Approach to Public Sector Strikes

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Conrad Black: Government Needs to Rethink Its Approach to Public Sector Strikes
Canada Post employees picket outside a mail-sorting facility during nationwide strike action in Ottawa on Nov. 18, 2024. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
Conrad Black
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The current postal strike is almost a nostalgic throwback to the more contested strikes in the public service that afflicted the federal government under Pierre Trudeau more than 40 years ago and several provincial governments, especially Quebec.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.