Bill C-525 (Historical)

Employees' Voting Rights Act

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act (certification and revocation — bargaining agent)

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

This bill was previously introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session.

Sponsor

Blaine Calkins  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act to provide that the certification and decertification of a bargaining agent under these Acts must be achieved by a secret ballot vote-based majority.

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.

Votes

April 9, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
April 9, 2014 Passed That Bill C-525, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act (certification and revocation — bargaining agent), as amended, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments].
April 9, 2014 Failed That Bill C-525, in Clause 4, be amended (a) by replacing line 14 on page 2 with the following: “employee who claims to represent at least 50%” (b) by replacing line 26 on page 2 with the following: “50% of the employees in the bargaining unit”
April 9, 2014 Failed That Bill C-525 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
Jan. 29, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Feb. 11, 2014

  • Hassan Yussuff, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress
  • John Farrell, Executive Director, Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communications (FETCO)
  • Robyn Benson, National President, Public Service Alliance of Canada
  • Magali Picard, Regional Executive Vice-President (Quebec), Public Service Alliance of Canada
  • George Smith, Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Queen's University, As an Individual
  • Kevin Banks, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, As an Individual
  • Anthony Giles, Director General, Labour Program, Strategic Policy, Analysis and Workplace Information Directorate, Department of Employment and Social Development
  • Chris Roberts, Senior Researcher, Social and Economic Policy Department, Canadian Labour Congress
  • Shannon Blatt, Legal Officer, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Feb. 13, 2014

  • Elizabeth MacPherson, Chairperson, Canada Industrial Relations Board
  • Dick Heinen, Executive Director, Christian Labour Association of Canada
  • Satinder Chera, Vice-President, Communications, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Marcel Boyer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Université de Montréal, Fellow, Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO), As an Individual