As I’ve said before, I’m not usually a ‘union’ type of guy.

I belonged to one once and all it really did was cost me $45 a month and protect a bunch of seniority holding deadbeats who I wouldn’t hire now if my life depended on it.

That being said — and while we are speaking of our lives depending on something — you gotta wonder if the H1N1 virus is really a reason to legislate the BC Ambulance Paramedics back to work.

Ambulance service hasn’t been interrupted to this point and the government and the ambulance people are currently in negotiations for a new collective agreement, so why the decision from Victoria to force B.C.’s paramedics off the picket lines?

This virus has been coming for some time. We’ve all heard about it for months, yet somehow the B.C. government must have missed all the warnings they’ve distributed.

Why else would they have not passed this legislation until now?

Can you say VANOC? I knew you could.

There is no way the Vancouver Olympic Committee would risk a disruption in ambulance service during the upcoming Games. The possibility for egg on the face is too great, and since these games will be Premier Campbell’s legacy, he won’t risk being the guy who couldn’t put his house in order.

In a press release from the paramedics, they state that in September VANOC informed the BC Ambulance Service that VANOC would require a guarantee of ambulance service — “through negotiation or legislation,” or words to that effect.

On the other hand, I hope that the government and those on the far left who oppose the Olympic games stop trying so hard to ruin them for everyone else.

It’s like a divorced couple using an innocent child as leverage in their private little war. It kinda gives me flu-like symptoms, if you know what I mean.

Good luck paramedics, and good luck Canadian athletes.