https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/quin-a21.html
" ... it is clear that workers are the ones who are bearing the brunt of the current crisis. Speaking of the billions offered to the banks by Justin Trudeau’s federal government and the various provincial governments, Lisa said, “It is still the banks and big business that will come out of this crisis unscathed.” But workers with a small government check of $2,000 a month (under Ottawa’s four-month, makeshift Canada Emergency Response Benefit) are not going to come out unscathed. “It’s like when we fall into collective bargaining. We’re told there’s no money, that we’re in a recession, so we never get good conditions and good wages. But now it is raining money for the banks.”
" ... it is clear that workers are the ones who are bearing the brunt of the current crisis. Speaking of the billions offered to the banks by Justin Trudeau’s federal government and the various provincial governments, Lisa said, “It is still the banks and big business that will come out of this crisis unscathed.” But workers with a small government check of $2,000 a month (under Ottawa’s four-month, makeshift Canada Emergency Response Benefit) are not going to come out unscathed. “It’s like when we fall into collective bargaining. We’re told there’s no money, that we’re in a recession, so we never get good conditions and good wages. But now it is raining money for the banks.”
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