Being the son of two Ontario civil servants, (ministry of trade, travel and tourism and the ministry of corrections) I have no love for the conservative government like the one Ontario had during the "common sense revolution". We never had a lavish lifestyle even though both of my parents were essentially at the top of both their professions and both had University education. I don't know where people get off hating on civil servants, and thinking that they are lazy and just want all the "perks" that come from being one. My Mom would wake up at 4:30am to take the GO train into Toronto and get home just after 7, everyday. My Dad would wake up at 6 and be at work by 7:30 everyday. They both worked their asses off for everything they have now, and if the PC government had their way, they would have been shortchanged on EVERYTHING. Civil servants always get dragged out as political punching bags for any conservative government.
Being a Physician in Montreal now, i'm essentially a civil servant and I think it's great that the Canadian Medical Association as well as the Quebec Medical Association has my back when it comes to protecting my position as well as workplace disagreements.
**EDIT**
If the PCs really want to get serious in Ontario, the need to clean out all of the remnants of the Mike Harris government, (Harrisites) and develop a new plan the brings them close to the center right (where they've traditionally been).