The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) is proudly joining the Draw the Line coalition to fight back against Mark Carney’s regressive austerity agenda that will pull the rug out from under Canadians during a crisis. CAPE is the first federal union to join the coalition, which already has more than a dozen partners and nearly 200 endorsing organizations in Canada.
“We are joining this movement because, as public servants and as workers, we have a responsibility to protect the interests of Canadians,” said Nathan Prier, CAPE president. “Most people in this country need strong federal supports to get through this crisis, not handouts to billionaires and militarism at the expense of everything else. CAPE is joining Draw the Line to connect federal workers’ struggles to those of the communities that will be most impacted by Carney’s attacks on our collective quality of life.”
The decision to partner with Draw the Line follows Carney’s announcement of across the board, Trump-style austerity measures – meaning he immediately broke his promise to cap, not cut, the federal public service. With this broken promise, along with his trampling of collective bargaining rights, Indigenous rights, and immigrant rights, workers across this country now know who Mark Carney is.
Draw the Line is a movement demanding that Mark Carney and the federal government pick a side in this historic crisis: colonialism, militarism, record inequality, and climate destruction, or investments in a just future for us all. On September 20, rallies will be taking place across the country to send a clear message to the prime minister that a broad coalition is ready to fight his regressive agenda.
