Liberal government moves to repeal controversial union laws

[mentalfloss]

More CBC chicanery, I'm sure.


Liberal government moves to repeal controversial union laws

The new Liberal government is moving to reverse controversial labour laws passed by Stephen Harper's Conservatives.

Justin Trudeau's employment minister introduced a bill in the House of Commons Thursday entitled "An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act."

Its passage would undo controversial measures that limited union financing and changed the collective bargaining process with public sector unions.

MaryAnn Mihychuk, joined by her parliamentary secretary Rodger Cuzner and the parliamentary secretary for infrastructure, Pablo Rodriguez, is meeting reporters on Parliament Hill Thursday morning to outline the changes.

Liberal government moves to repeal controversial union laws - Politics - CBC News

 

[petros]

Tell me what that means in your own words bitch.

Do you know if it is something you approve or disapprove of?

 

[B00Mer]

I wish a Politican would bring in right to work legislation like they have in Texas and several other countries..

It's funny how they want to bring in jobs under NAFTA, yet we are competing against Mexico and China's labour wages and environmental standards.. It's truely a friggin joke.

 

[petros]

Provinces have it.

 

[B00Mer]

Provinces have it.

Which province has "Right to Work" legislation??

Right-To-Work Laws: John Mortimer Says Canada is the Last Nation On Earth' With Mandatory Union Dues

You HAVE to pay Union Dues, no opting out..

 

[Curious Cdn]

Just wait until the unions turn on the Liberals when they find out the revenues are not bottomless but PSAC still DEMANDS their periodic cost of living "adjustment". It's coming soon too. The price of lattes and low cal is skyrocketing, this year.

 

[Liberalman]

The fascist Conservative government want to use their Senate majority to throw out bills they don't like and hold Canadians hostage like this union bill.

Hey Bumtard right to work will bring down wages but not cheaper prices for the consumer.

 

[Curious Cdn]

The fascist Conservative government want to use their Senate majority to throw out bills they don't like and hold Canadians hostage like this union bill.

Hey Bumtard right to work will bring down wages but not cheaper prices for the consumer.

For most of our history, the Senate has been controlled by the Liberals. You can be damn sure that they followed the party line like trained seals.

 

[Liberalman]

For most of our history, the Senate has been controlled by the Liberals. You can be damn sure that they followed the party line like trained seals.

So whats your point

 

[Cannuck]

So whats your point

Do you have a problem with the Senate rejecting legislation? Do you believe the job of the Senate is to rubber stamp whatever the House of Commons sends it?

 

[Liberalman]

Do you have a problem with the Senate rejecting legislation? Do you believe the job of the Senate is to rubber stamp whatever the House of Commons sends it?

No I just have a problem with the fascist Conservatives holding parliament hostage in the Senate.

 

[B00Mer]

No I just have a problem with the fascist Conservatives holding parliament hostage in the Senate.

I have a problem with the fascist Liberals forcing people to pay Union Dues.. we are the ONLY country in the WORLD without Right to Work Legislation.

Canada ‘Last Nation On Earth' With Mandatory Union Dues

Liberalman, you're a Pinko Commie.

 

[CDNBear]

Union paid members $100 each to attend Trudeau campaign event: elections commissioner | CTV News

How interesting.

 

[mentalfloss]

It's a conspiracy.

 

[CDNBear]

I love it when you show us all how little you understand about lobbying and how govt oft works.

 

[mentalfloss]

My point was that there's nothing wrong with it?

 

[CDNBear]

Unless oil companies do it, lol.

Ya, we know all about your hypocrisy Flossy.

 

[FiveParadox]

For most of our history, the Senate has been controlled by the Liberals. You can be damn sure that they followed the party line like trained seals.

No, they did not.

The Liberals, when they had a majority in the Senate during a Conservative government, debated bills vigorously, to be sure. However, the Liberals — even when the Conservative bill directly contradicted official Liberal Party policies — permitted bills to pass. They proposed amendments, certainly; they sometimes sent a bill back to the House to be reconsidered; but at the end of the day, the Liberals in the Senate acknowledged that theirs was the revisory role, and bowed to the elected Lower House.

Only in the most grave of circumstances did the Liberals in the Senate exercise their power to substantially delay or to reject the legislative initiatives of the Government and, even when they did, if the Government could establish the case that they had the support of the electorate, they invariably deferred to the elected Lower House.

The Conservatives have demonstrated much less regard for the Senate's traditional deference to the Commons, in the usual Conservative Party spirit of hyper-partisanship and non-cooperation. The Conservatives used their majority in the Senate to defeat the Climate Change Accountability Act, without debate, by forcing a snap vote in the Upper House; and now the Conservatives are proposing to defeat a Government bill representing a substantial part of the Liberals' election platform, fresh out of an election. The Tories' disregard for democracy is staggering.

 

[Curious Cdn]

No, they did not.

The Liberals, when they had a majority in the Senate during a Conservative government, debated bills vigorously, to be sure. However, the Liberals — even when the Conservative bill directly contradicted official Liberal Party policies — permitted bills to pass. They proposed amendments, certainly; they sometimes sent a bill back to the House to be reconsidered; but at the end of the day, the Liberals in the Senate acknowledged that theirs was the revisory role, and bowed to the elected Lower House.

Only in the most grave of circumstances did the Liberals in the Senate exercise their power to substantially delay or to reject the legislative initiatives of the Government and, even when they did, if the Government could establish the case that they had the support of the electorate, they invariably deferred to the elected Lower House.

The Conservatives have demonstrated much less regard for the Senate's traditional deference to the Commons, in the usual Conservative Party spirit of hyper-partisanship and non-cooperation. The Conservatives used their majority in the Senate to defeat the Climate Change Accountability Act, without debate, by forcing a snap vote in the Upper House; and now the Conservatives are proposing to defeat a Government bill representing a substantial part of the Liberals' election platform, fresh out of an election. The Tories' disregard for democracy is staggering.

Horse shyte. The Liberals are so partisan that their whole raison d'etre is to get elected. Ideology left them for good somewhere about halfway through Trudeau I,

 

[FiveParadox]

Horse shyte. The Liberals are so partisan that their whole raison d'etre is to get elected. Ideology left them for good somewhere about halfway through Trudeau I,

Really?

The Liberals are working to empower the House's committees to elect their own chairs, instead of having them appointed by the Prime Minister; they're banning parliamentary secretaries from sitting on committees, so that committees do not have ministers' representatives voting to influence committee work; they split senators from the parliamentary caucus, forcing them to function independently of the political party; they established an advisory board to recommend candidates for the Senate, and are asking that future senators sit as independents.

There are a ton of exciting changes being made to allow individual MPs more say, and to reduce partisanship.