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1. Canada should follow U.S. example and give workers more choice

   Canadians should be aware of a recent landmark Supreme Court decision in the United States (Janus v. AFSCME) that will give American workers more choice by allowing workers in the government sector (federal, state and local) to decide ...

2. The Economic Effects of Banning Temporary Replacement Workers

   British Columbia and Quebec are the only two provinces in Canada that ban the hiring of temporary workers to replace existing employees who are participating in a labour strike or lockout. Although no other Canadian jurisdiction bans temporary replacement ...

3. Secret ballot vote for union certification empowers workers, promotes democratic principles

   Canada’s Senate may not always live up to its ideal of being the chamber of “sober second thought,” but from time to time Senators can contribute to better policy outcomes by getting their counterparts in the House of Commons to ...

4. B.C. Federation of Labour president misses the point of comparing government and private-sector pay

   In a letter to the editor published by the Vancouver Sun, B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger interprets a recent Fraser Institute study as demonstrating the benefits of joining a union. This misses the main point of our ...

5. Supreme Court decision on employee dismissal bad for workers

   When labour regulations are overly restrictive, they impede the ability of employers and workers to adjust to changing economic conditions. ...

6. Proposed changes to Canada’s labour relations laws strengthen unions at expense of workers

   The federal government recently introduced a bill to Parliament that will make the process for establishing unions less democratic and weaken the financial disclosure requirements for already established unions. Let’s consider each ...

7. Repealing legislation is a backwards step for union accountability

   It seems like the federal government is set to officially repeal legislation that dramatically improves the disclosure of union finances and thus union accountability in Canada. The legislation, which was passed in the summer but is not ...

8. Proposed labour policies will make Canada’s federal laws less balanced

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, November 23, 2015 Canada’s new federal government campaigned on policies aimed at making labour laws fairer and more balanced, and the prime minister recently confirmed this commitment in his public mandate letter to the ...

9. Dispelling myths (Part 3): that worker choice is "not necessary since workers can decertify unions”

   In this third and final blog post in a series responding to objections to increasing worker choice in Canada (see Part 1 and Part 2), we address the notion that union decertification makes worker choice unnecessary. As one federal ...

10. Dispelling myths (Part 2): that worker choice "causes a widespread ‘free rider’ problem”

    This is the second of three blog posts responding to objections from those who oppose giving Canadian workers more choice when it comes to union membership and dues payment (see Part 1 here). A repeated concern is that, without mandatory ...