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The union movement’s recent massive political attack against the Ontario Progressive Conservatives was the most one-sided battle since General George Custer’s unfortunate encounter with the Sioux Nation. The unions, who represent the left-side of the ideological spectrum, met virtually no opposition from their counterparts on the right.

No conservative group, no right wing organization, no populist alliance emerged during the provincial election to stage anything close to an effective counter-attack against the union propaganda machine.

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Most notable by its absence was the National Citizens Coalition, a conservative advocacy group that once roared like a lion, but which in the last election could only mew like a kitten.

As a result, poor PC leader Tim Hudak had to face the ferocious union onslaught alone.

What’s going on here? Why did conservatives seemingly not show up for the fight?