Employees' Voting Rights Act

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act (certification and revocation — bargaining agent)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Blaine Calkins  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act to provide that the certification and decertification of a bargaining agent under these Acts must be achieved by a secret ballot vote-based majority.

Similar bills

C-525 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Employees' Voting Rights Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-525s:

C-525 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (maximum -- special benefits)
C-525 (2008) An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (protection of the public)
C-525 (2004) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (literacy materials)

Votes

April 9, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
April 9, 2014 Passed That Bill C-525, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act (certification and revocation — bargaining agent), as amended, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments].
April 9, 2014 Failed That Bill C-525, in Clause 4, be amended (a) by replacing line 14 on page 2 with the following: “employee who claims to represent at least 50%” (b) by replacing line 26 on page 2 with the following: “50% of the employees in the bargaining unit”
April 9, 2014 Failed That Bill C-525 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
Jan. 29, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

All those opposed will please say nay.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:30 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #103

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:35 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried.

When shall the bill be read the third time? By leave, now?

Employees' Voting Rights ActPrivate Members' Business

April 9th, 2014 / 6:35 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.