The regime admired by the Leap Manifesto nitwits just introduced forced labor laws

Hugo Chavez' Mini-Me, Nicolas Madero, is doing what socialist totalitarians invariably do, deprive people of basic rights and freedoms. Chavez' Venezuelan regime was admired and extolled by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis and their comrades in stupidity, who want to impose their own plan to deprive liberty in Canada through their imbecilic Maoist-sounding Leap Manifesto.

President Nicolás Maduro signed a decree at the end of last week that gives powers to the labor ministry to order "all workers from the public and private sector with enough physical capabilities and technical know-how" to join a government drive aimed at increasing food production.

They can be required to work in the agricultural sector for a 60-day period that can be extended for another 60 days "if the circumstances require it."

Shortages of basic goods have become a normal part of life for most Venezuelans ever since the country was plunged into an economic crisis by the plummeting oil price. Food shortages have become particularly acute in recent months, accompanied by violent demonstrations and violent responses to these by the police...