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Another Senator Lambasts Tories’ Wasteful, Partisan Attacks on Unions
The Conservative’s latest attack on its nemesis, the labour movement, has awoken the Senate, which is playing its role of providing ‘sober second thought’ with gusto in opposition to Bill C-377.…
My Exchange with Senator Eaton on Bill C-377 (Union Transparency Bill): Part Two
Last week, I posted an exchange I had with Senator Eaton relating to Bill C-377. This is the private members’s Bill being pushed through the Parliamentary system by the…
My Exchange With Senator Eaton On Bill C-377 (The Union Transparency Tax Bill)
This week, I received the following note from Conservative Senator, Nicole Eaton relating to Bill C-377, a private members’ bill being pushed by the Conservatives which would force unions to compile and…
Senior Tory Senator Lambasts Conservatives for Politically Motivated Attacks on Unions
In his stirring and memorable speech in the Senate yesterday, Senior Conservative Senator Hugh Segal didn’t say anything that hasn’t already be said by newspaper columnists, academics, unions, the Canadian…
Happy Holidays: Top 10 Blog Posts from a Hectic 2012
Another year down, and it was quite a year of developments in employment and human rights law, and the Conservative/Liberal party attacks on collective bargaining rights must have made for…
Bill C-377: The Conservatives’ Private Members Bill on Union Transparency
There’s a Private Members Bill working its way through the legislative machinery in Ottawa filed by a Tory MP that would require unions to prepare and file dozens of forms…
Ontario’s Election: The “Foreign Workers” Subsidy Controversy
I’m back from Cambridge and ready for the new term. The Ontario election campaign is now in full gear. The first story I read on the plane back related…
I Told You: Canada Post Begins Partial Lockout
Canada Post was elected to respond to the Union’s rotating strikes by locking out the workers 2 days per week, meaning a loss of pay for the workers. Here is…
Guest Blog: Roy Adams on the Vast Potential of Ontario v. Fraser
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision last Friday in Ontario (A.G.) v. Fraser has caused much chatter in the labour law community. Given the Supreme Court’s propensity to write longwinded…
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