We heard the same concerns from our constituency, labour and management, that this committee heard on Tuesday. So we've heard the same thing you have.
Currently the board uses secret ballot votes when it's appropriate. We use our discretion to do it when we need to.
One other thing I should point out in the bill that's of concern to us is the amendment to paragraph 28(c). Currently the board decides support for a union either on the date of the application or such other date as the board deems appropriate. A good of example of this would be in the many seasonal industries within our jurisdiction, for example, shipping on the Great Lakes. If we lose the discretion to decide the date on which to test support, we could have perverse results where someone makes the application on a date when there are very few people in the workplace, and that decision will bind even though once the season starts again and people come back, they may feel differently.
So we would like to have our discretion back, please.