Bill C-461 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)

This bill was last introduced in the 38th Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Randy Kamp  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Not active, as of Nov. 28, 2005
(This bill did not become law.)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Canada Labour CodeRoutine Proceedings

November 28th, 2005 / 3:25 p.m.
See context

Conservative

Randy Kamp Conservative Dewdney—Alouette, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-461, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers).

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to introduce this bill because the protracted Telus labour dispute revealed some flaws in the current Canada Labour Code provisions with respect to replacement workers.

The bill would require an employer to convince the CIRB that the use of replacement workers would not undermine the union and to receive written authorization to that effect before any replacement workers could be used.

The bill would improve the current situation where the employer puts replacement workers in place and then the union has to file a complaint and wait for an unacceptably long time for the CIRB to rule. In the meantime the damage is done. This would be an improvement.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)