Shoot yourselves and country in the foot. Please.
"We've been hit by so much uncertainty: the Iraqi war, the border-crossing issue, the rising dollar, SARS and BSE (mad cow disease)," said Garth Whyte of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

"This postal strike has the potential of being SARS and BSE combined to our membership."

wow..the comments of the business community. playing right into the hands of the union. why? the government has got to be throwing their hands in the air, rolling their eyes at this meddling.

the international community is watching, the bank of canada is about to make a decision on cutting rates...and then...this. just when economic uncertainty is at a high, mr. whyte says something that can only hurt his cause. undoutably, he is trying to point out the performance, but comparing this to sars, etc is just stupid sensatonalism.