The other point that I'd like to make is that it not only shuts out open-shop, or as some refer to it, union-free employees, but also other unions. The Christian Labour Association of Canada, CLAC, is a unionized shop, and they wouldn't be allowed to bid either. So it's not simply a union versus union-free issue. It's that a specific union has 100% exclusivity on these contracts, and other unionized contractors that are affiliated with other unions can't bid. I hope that you invite some of the other non-affiliated unions to appear here who will likely argue the same point that we are.
On April 30th, 2013. See this statement in context.