Austerity: Canadian Auto Workers

Canadian Auto Workers: But perhaps just as insidious was Stephen Harpers personal role at that summit in pushing the developed world to abandon stimulus spending and veer sharply toward austerity, according to The Star. Harper likes to boast that hes shepherded the Canadian economy to a full recovery from the 2008 crash even though 1.4 million Canadians remain unemployed. Our employment rate is stuck at 61.9 per cent, down from 63.8 per cent just before the crash, notes Jim Stanford, economist for the Canadian Auto Workers and In June 2010, the transformation of the citys downtown core into a pseudo war zone seemed like the worst aspect of the Harper governments handling of the G20 summit in Toronto. That embrace of austerity has led to deep government spending cuts, with devastating consequences, particularly in some southern European nations. Canadians have suffered, too. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.