moved for leave to introduce Bill C-469, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code.
Mr. Speaker, it gives me great honour today to introduce a bill that would allow union members not to be forced to contribute to political parties on causes against their will.
The Canada Labour Code affects over 700,000 employees. There are people within those 700,000 employees who do not believe they should be funding partisanship, who want to promote the sanctity of human life, who do not support the idea of unilateral disarmament and who do not want to advocate violence. They want to advocate freedom of choice and freedom of conscience. They do not want to be forced against their will to contribute to causes they do not believe in.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)