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The prospect of at least 13,000 layoffs and a general strike by government workers is on the horizon. Joining host Steve Paikin to negotiate and presumably resolve this dispute before our very eyes, the two man players: Dave Johnson, chairman of management board of cabinet, and Leah Casselman, President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

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