Dear Colleagues, This morning, Order in Council 435/2023 was deposited. It has the effect of bringing Bill 5 into force on July 14 (this Friday). Naturally, arguments based in the basic democratic principle that workers should choose their unions proved unavailing with this government. Its rejection of freedom of association …

Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you because you are Legislative Counsel who signed cards for the BCGLA. I should say that in doing so you are in the overwhelming majority of your colleagues, since the percentage signing in OLC was well above the approximately 70% of Legal Counsel altogether. …

For those of you who missed it, here’s the slide deck Exclusions – Powerpoint – Lunch and Learn

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