Canadian Parliament passes anti-union legislation (Oh Canada how could you)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/canadian-parliament-passes-anti-union-legislation

By Mark Gruenberg, Press Associates Union News Service
July 12, 2015

OTTAWA
Using moves taken wholesale from the right wing’s playbook in the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Conservative Party leader, jammed a wide-ranging anti-union law through Parliament.

The law forces unions – and nobody else -- to disclose every financial item, including who got paid and each payment’s purpose. That includes otherwise-confidential licensing agreements and fees for professional services, such as attorneys that unions use.

Harper’s law, enacted before expected parliamentary elections this year, drew outrage from seven of Canada’s 11 provinces, the Canadian Labour Congress, its largest union – the Canadian Union of Public Employees – and other unions in the U.S.’ northern neighbor.

CUPE called the law just one more reason for voters to oust Harper, a Conservative, from the prime minister’s chair, and elect a New Democratic Party government. NDP is the leading opposition party in Parliament.

FULL story at link.