Mr. Speaker, I would like to read a few words to the hon. member.
Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states:
2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: …
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly;
(d) freedom of association.
We know very well that paragraphs 2 (c) and 2 (d), and even 2 (b), refer to union rights.
Under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, rights can sometimes be subject to limits that can be justified in a free and democratic society.
Could the hon. member tell us how the government is blithely violating the rights of workers and unions, and whether it has any right to do so in our free and democratic society?