I wish to comment on Bill 66…

I wish to comment on Bill 66's proposed changes to the Labour Relations Act and Agricultural Employees Protection Act.

Both these changes have the effect of reducing the protection unions can provide citizens. Although I am not a trade unionist, I think unions play an important role in ensuring fairness and justice in the workplace. They provide checks and balances. These changes are designed to weaken unions, to the detriment of us all.

I don't think it's fair that ornamental horticulture workers who work for a private sector employee -- like my son-in-law can't get the benefits of belonging to a union, while my daughter who does the very same work, but for the municipality, can. There are a limited number of municipal jobs. More to the point, there are some very large horticultural firms which could actually benefit from having unionized workers.