moved for leave to introduce Bill C-259, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (fair representation).
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the fair representation act.
This law protects workers' rights.
This legislation would protect workers' fundamental right to organize freely and know that they are being represented by an independent and democratic union.
The CLAC is the largest example of a company union. It claims to represent workers, but labour boards in Nova Scotia and Manitoba have ruled against it. The International Trade Union Confederation suspended CLAC for undermining labour conditions, yet the Liberal government gave CLAC nearly $5 million in public funds just last year.
This has to stop. Real unions are democratic and accountable to their members, and only to their members.
Unions must be free and independent.
I urge all members to support this legislation when it next comes before the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)