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Verge, Pierre. “Inclusion du droit de grève dans la liberté générale et constitutionnelled’association: justification et effets” (2009), 50 C. de D. 267.Verge, Pierre. “L’affirmation constitutionnelle de la liberté d’association: une nouvelle vie pourl’autonomie collective?” (2010), 51 C. de D. 353.Verge, Pierre. “La Cour suprême, le ‘droit’ à la négociation collective et le ‘droit’ de grève”(2006), 66 R. du B. 391.Weiler, Paul. Reconcilable Differences: New Directions in Canadian Labour Law. Toronto:Carswell, 1980.2011 SCC 20 (CanLII)APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Winkler C.J.O. andCronk and Watt JJ.A.), 2008 ONCA 760, 92 O.R. (3d) 481, 301 D.L.R. (4th) 335, 182 C.R.R.(2d) 109, 242 O.A.C. 252, 2009 CLLC 220-001, [2008] O.J. No. 4543 (QL), 2008 CarswellOnt6726, setting aside a decision of Farley J. (2006), 79 O.R. (3d) 219, 263 D.L.R. (4th) 425, 137C.R.R. (2d) 123, 2006 CLLC 220-009, [2006] O.J. No. 45 (QL), 2006 CarswellOnt 55. Appealallowed and action dismissed, Abella J. dissenting.Robin K. Basu and Shannon M. Chace, for the appellant.Paul J. J. Cavalluzzo and Fay C. Faraday, for the respondents.Anne M. Turley, for the intervener the Attorney General of Canada.Quebec.Michel Déom and Geneviève Lessard, for the intervener the Attorney General of
Gaétan Migneault and Michelle Brun-Coughlan, for the intervener the AttorneyGeneral of New Brunswick.Neena Sharma, for the intervener the Attorney General of British Columbia.Roderick S. Wiltshire, for the intervener the Attorney General of Alberta.2011 SCC 20 (CanLII)John D. R. Craig and Jodi Gallagher, for the intervener the Ontario Federation ofAgriculture.Roy L. Heenan and Thomas Brady, for the intervener the Federally RegulatedEmployers — Transportation and Communications.patronat du Québec Inc.Robert Dupont, Pascale Gauthier and Jean H. Lafleur, for the intervener Conseil duLegal Fund.Brad Elberg and Kelly Henriques, for the intervener the Mounted Police Members’Employers Council.Augustus G. Lilly, Q.C., and Stephen F. Penney, for the intervener the Canadian
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CITATION: Brito v. Canac Kitchens,
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Page: 5[18] Having regard for Canac
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CITATION: Chandran v. National Bank
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Page: 3against him by the employees
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Page: 7had no obligation under the
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Page: 9[37] Mr. Chandran’s last j
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Page: 11large number of unsolicited
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Page: 17Toronto office. He admitted
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Page: 21Weissach Motors and MCL Mot
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Page: 23“There can be no catalogu
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Page: 25[123] On the basis of the a
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QUEEN’S BENCH FOR SASKATCHEWANDat
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- 3 -meet his financial obligations
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- 5 -[11] On June 28, 2002, without
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- 7 -and a capital gain of $23,874.
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- 9 -may have delayed commencement
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- 11 -had purchased late in 2001 an
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- 15 -supervised by the plaintiff.
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- 17 -purchasing agent for a compan
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- 19 -sales, conducting retail sale
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- 21 -employment with Bennett Dunlo
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- 23 -[54] The issue was taken up b
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- 25 -59 ... Damages attributable t
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- 29 -[66] Both Mr. Coppola and Mr.
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- 31 -expense accounts which contai
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- 33 -by the plaintiffs in the abov
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- 37 -the six month notice period.
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SummaryFollowing concerns raised by
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2REASONS FOR DECISIONIntroduction[1
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4agreed statement) and also by test
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6e. that it was not his responsibil
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8Department of Labour. The firm adv
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10that “the buck stopped with me
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12without any knowledge of this and
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14[41] Various other cases, cited i
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16[49] There is nothing wrong with
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182 The foundation of this Act is t
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20(b) the co-operative auditing of
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- 2 -The Honourable Justice Turnbul
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- 2 -concluded that, while the mill
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- 4 -[6] The union’s position is
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- 6 -it must be reasonable; (3) it
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- 8 -the majority relied in part on
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- 10 -Taken with the low testing ra
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- 12 -should depart from those prec
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- 14 -IV.Issues - AnalysisA. Introd
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- 16 -distinguished any analogy bet
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- 18 -industry. The lead case appea
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- 20 -rather than a reactive, appro
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- 22 -employers of the burden of de
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- 24 -Canada, Local 0004, supra. Al
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- 26 -C. Summary Observations on th
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IN THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH OF
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2assistance and remain employed. Ki
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4a) there is a strong prima facie c
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6discrimination. The letter also st
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8applicable guidelines. He was give
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Page 187 and 188: TABLE OF CONTENTSParagraphReasons o
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[107] These considerations lead us
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protections would be inappropriate
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3. Does s. 3(b.1) of the Labour Rel
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of s. 2(d) employers “must engage
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per Dickson C.J. in dissent; R. v.
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3. A prior decision that creates un
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[137] Professor Debra Parkes has su
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[140] In the case of Health Service
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[145] Third, the constitutionalizat
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“recognized that under most Canad
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constitutionalize collective bargai
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[159] In addition, the Court was ag
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or effect of a measure when determi
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. . . the state must not substantia
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[173] First, the collective bargain
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ight to bargain because employers a
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incapable of being performed by an
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(2) Section 2(d) Protects Freedoms
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[193] The Chief Justice and LeBel J
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as described in Health Services, it
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[204] Health Services rejected the
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associations must receive identical
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Health Services would in fact be co
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[217] In response to this argument,
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The question at stake in this appea
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constitutional law the particular f
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can, then we must seriously questio
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[235] The labour history offered in
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[241] It is true that there is a lo
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understanding of freedom of associa
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The voluntary nature of collective
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equirements it finds to the case be
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exclusivity and a mechanism for res
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takes time before the unworkability
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argain in good faith change these m
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employee, to make a “take it or l
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obligations, and Charter values —
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[279] Nonetheless, the Chief Justic
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[283] It is true, as my colleagues
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They base their view on a statement
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. . . the freedom to work for the e
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case at bar (2008 ONCA 760, 92 O.R.
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[302] As the majority in the instan
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[305] All that was required by the
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ound” by s. 2(d) seems to have be
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to Bargain Collectively: The Implic
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cases in which the vulnerability of
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[323] The AEPA was enacted in 2002
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10-1920; Donald D. Carter et al., L
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Agriculture and Food, the Honourabl
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activities of the “employees’ a
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[346] The reason for the protection
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[351] I acknowledge that different
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May 813, does “not differ in any
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argaining, including exclusivity, b
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accordance with a bargaining regime
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5. (1) The employer shall give an e
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Solicitor for the intervener the At
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CLIENT UPDATELABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LA
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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIACitatio
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Page: 15The Applicants should not b
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the court refuses to review the arb
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9She was then given a letter dated
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· ,111. Ms. Cormier knowingly cont
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13Mr. Nordqvist testified that Ms.
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15Ms. Cormier decided to set up suc
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,.19Ms. Carter was invited to a mee
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23call from Ms. Cormier that Revenu
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· . ,27Ms. Gallant did no scheduli
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. \. .. ~..29Ms. Cormier testified
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.'37In the year 2000, there was ano
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