Is this why Holly-libs DON'T move to Canada?

http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20061030_135244_135244
And here's one that gave me a worse headache the more I thought about it. An Ottawa panhandler says he may have to abandon his prime panhandling real estate on a downtown street corner because he's being shaken down by officials from the panhandlers' union. But then we're told that these guys are fakes from a phony panhandlers' union, not the real panhandlers' union. Did I read that right? There's apparently a real panhandlers' union which exists to protect workers' rights? Er, hang on, non-workers' rights. If the union-negotiated non-work contracts aren't honoured, the members will presumably walk off the job and stand around on the sidewalk. No, wait, they'll walk off the sidewalk . . . No, let's try again. When you think about it, the fake panhandlers' union, panhandling genuine panhandlers and doing nothing in return for the dues they raise, is surely truer to the spirit of the mandate.