The essential issue, he commented, was the city's desire to get more flexible work schedules and slash overtime. As is the case with governments everywhere, the Vancouver city administration has already taken measures to cut down on full-time employment and increasingly contracts out services, in street repair, asphalting and garbage collection in particular. Non-union companies are doing more and more. Management is very top-heavy. It's the right-wing slate.
Privatization is on their agenda.
I'll never vote for them again. But his reasons were confused to say the least. I've had 11 break-ins at my house. As we talked, however, a more complex picture emerged. He acknowledged that behind the rise in heroin addiction lay economic and social problems.