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Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union which counts amongst its members nearly 12,000 journalists, is engaged in a campaign to help re-elect Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada in this fall’s election.

This is not a matter of opinion. It is a matter of fact.

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Last November, Unifor’s Twitter account posted a photo of its executive board, led by President Jerry Dias, with the caption: “Welcome to Andrew Scheer’s worst nightmare.”

In case that wasn’t clear enough, the tweet itself left no doubt as to what Unifor is up to. “Unifor’s National Executive Board started planning for the federal election today @Andrew Scheer…”

They want me to lose the election. And they want Justin Trudeau to win it.

That’s fine.

My problem isn’t with Unifor. I may not agree with their politics, or the blatantly partisan manner in which they spend their members’ hard-earned dues, but Canada is a free country and our laws allow Unifor to express itself however its elected leaders deem fit.