The hot button political issue of many thousands of CAW retirees losing some of their promised pensions and benefits is for real, it has legs, and is big trouble for Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. Read my posts of April 13th and April 24th.
Slowly but surely the CAW retirees are turning up the political heat on Duncan. The Minister is moving very carefully and trying to stay out of the line of fire, but it is not working. In recent statements made by the Ontario Government we have heard from the Premier and other cabinet ministers. Duncan has preferred to stay in the background, its a good strategy, but as I said, no longer working.
The sit in at Duncan's Windsor constituency office is a sign of biggggg trouble!
No one can guess what political moves Duncan will make. He is careful, very crafty and likes others to do his messy work. However having others deal with this major issuse is not possible, and Duncan knows this. What makes this issue so very interesting from a political perspective is Duncan's long held ambitions to be Premier (at least) is now on the line. As I have said before, nothing wrong with Duncan's big political ambitions, he is very capable.
Stay tuned.
