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Good Riddance to Bill 257

Well the House of Commons did something right for a change.

Last night MPs voted down Bill C-257, which would have made it a crime for companies to hire replacement workers during a strike.

Simply put this Bill was a terrible idea.

If passed it would have undermined Canada’s economy, given more powers to union bosses to cripple key infrastructure industries and infringed on the individual rights of all unionized employees.

That’s why the National Citizens Coalition ran a media ad campaign to oppose this disaster in the making.

It’s a good victory for the NCC and a victory for Canada.

Comments

Ardvark says:

Not so fast href=”http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?id=12601″>Liberal Bill Bans Replacement Workers While Protecting Essential Services

It looks like this monster might not yet be dead

submitted on March 22nd, 2007 at 6:58 pm

Joel K. says:

Awesome! I was worried about this one.

It seems that unions in Canada have all too much power already, given that they have the power to supersede our right to the freedom of association.

submitted on March 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm

Aaron says:

Do we have an MP who can introduce a bill, banning all unions?

submitted on March 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 am

L.M. Watts says:

Glad to hear that Bill 257 is dead in its present form - at least for now. I believe there is a place for unions in our world today, but I have long thought that union members should not be forced to be mere puppets of their union bosses. They should be free to make choices and if their choices are contrary to the dictates of union bosses, so be it.
This is a democracy and no one should be forbidden to make a legitimate personal choice in pursuing a course in accordance with their own self- interest rather than that of their union. Ultimately,Bill 257 would not have been beneficial to the union menber, their employer or the economy. That means everyone in the country (we are all consumers) would have paid a price, had it been enacted.

submitted on April 17th, 2007 at 1:22 am

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