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Harper's Rule Breaking Rush to Crush Unions
Tieleman, Bill
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/06/30/Harper-Rush-To-Crush-Unions/Date Written: 2015-06-30 Publisher: The Tyee Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17671 Is there anything more undemocratic than Canada's most tainted organization -- the Conservative-controlled Senate -- breaking its rules and then overturning its own Conservative Speaker's ruling, all to hurriedly impose anti-union legislation before the federal election? That's what happened last week with Bill C-377, an odious private members' bill shepherded from beginning to end by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's own office, passed by Parliament's Conservative majority and sent to the Senate for approval. Subject Headings |