Ode to the Canada Post strike
So yesterday I realized I had heard shockingly little about the strike. I mean, I heard when it started, and I drive past the picketers every day, but… no real news of any kind. It was then I decided to check the paper - page by page - to see when the first sign of an article about the postal strike was. The answer? Page 15. That’s right, there is a whole list of the things we consider more important than giving the postal union (read: the union, not the workers, as I do understand that there are some workers who would rather not strike) any attention. And then I was inspired to write a song about it! To the tune of “My favorite things” from The Sound of Music, I give you: “Things more important than you” (the “you” being the postal union).
The ongoing debate of prostitution laws,
Hockey fans riot and we discuss the cause,
A two page spread-out of the Lansdowne Park blues -
These are the things more important than you…
A lady who broke her pelvis in a bike crash,
The NDP argues of where to stick their cash,
Not simply one full-page car sales ad but two -
These are the things more important than you…
What happened this week in Canadian hist’ry,
The awaited papers from Afghan detainees,
The CRTC restricts what can go through -
These are the things more important than you…
Cracking down on graffiti in our city,
Someone who may have drowned and how it’s a pity,
The ‘Do it for Dad’ walk, and oh yes, it’s true -
All of these things - more important than you!
Facebook hackers, letters to the editor,
Stop airstrikes overseas,
And how we’re going to cut our spending in two -
Look, nobody cares about you!
