Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 337, June 2005

Case No 2182 (Canada) - Complaint date: 09-MAR-02 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 27. The Committee last examined this case, which concerns legislative provisions that encouraged decertification of workers’ organizations, at its March 2004 meeting, where it requested to be kept informed of developments [see 333rd Report, paras. 20-22].
2. 28. In a communication of 24 January 2005, the Government of Ontario informed the Committee that, on 3 November 2004, the new Government introduced the Labour Relations Statute Law Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 144) into the legislature. If passed, Bill 144 would repeal the provision that requires the posting and distribution of decertification information in unionized workplaces (section 63.1 of the LRA), and a related provision (section 63 (16.1)) concerning employers.
3. 29. Noting this information with interest, the Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of developments concerning the enactment of Bill 144 and to provide it with a copy of the Act once it is adopted.