Human Resources committee  I have a lot of sympathy for that view. I haven't prepared remarks on that, but I did spend some time as an official in the federal labour program earlier in my career. There was a great deal of emphasis there, I think well advised emphasis, on building consensus among the stakeh

Human Resources committee  When you talk about the 45% threshold, you're talking about the one for the public sector labour relations legislation?

Human Resources committee  No, I'm not. That would be unprecedented. Yes, it could possibly violate our commitments under convention 87 of the International Labour Organization. That provides the right to organize and implicitly the right to bargain collectively. We have undertaken under article 8 of that

Human Resources committee  Yes, I would agree. If there's a secret ballot, that's the better way to go.

Human Resources committee  I would say 50% plus one of those who vote in favour of decertification. It should be clear that there's a positive vote to remove the union of 50% plus one of those who vote.

Human Resources committee  Good morning. Thank you very much for the invitation to speak. I'm appearing as a researcher. I've worked in labour relations law and labour employment law for about 20 years as a practitioner, and now as a teacher and a scholar, and I also serve as an arbitrator. I'm appearing