Politique ou Programme

• Advocating an increase and eligibility changes to CPP Benefits, and increasing Old Age Security and Guaranteed Investment Supplement benefits.
• Advocating for the Protection of Maternal Health in the Developing World
• Advocating for the continued public ownership of Canada's airports, and opposing the privatization of airports.
• Advocating for the creation of a federal pension insurance system.
• Agricultural Industry - with respect to supply chain management, the protection of managed commodities and employment in seasonal industries.
• Asbestos - With respect to the banning of asbestos as it represents a health risk to Canadians.
• Auto Assembly - with respect to encouraging investment in the auto assembly and parts industry, including by fiscal and taxation incentives, foreign trade deficits, investment in research and development.
• Canada Development Bank - With respect to the development of a publicly owned development bank to finance infrastructure projects.
• Canadian Heritage - with respect to Canadian Content requirements in digital media.
• Canadian Heritage - with respect to proposals for government or industry financial support for local news media.
• Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission - with respect to Pick and Pay, Canadian content requirements, the regulation of digital medial providers and revenue streams for Canadian media providers, and with respect to the transparency of Commission proceedings generally, and with respect to the Commission's monitoring of local broadcasters.
• Canadian Wheat Board - with respect to the re-establishment of the Canadian Wheat Board and the regulation and management of the grain industry.
• Clean Technologies - with respect to investment in innovation in clean technology and just transition supports for workers.
• Continuation of an Automobile Tariff Program for Companies not Adhering to Domestic Production Standards
• Employment Insurance Benefits with respect to increasing the duration of benefit payments and reforms to eligibility, maternity and parental leave and compassionate care leave.
• Energy Royalties - with respect to a national royalty regime for energy resources.
• Energy sustainability - with respect to the creation of a Canada-wide energy grid and domestic oil and gas processing.
• Federal Government Shipbuilding Policy - with respect to domestic procurement issues and purchase of domestically manufactured sea going vessels, transparency, production and regulation. We are particularly interested in full utilization of building capacity at Halifax Shipyard.
• Federal Infrastructure Investment Plan - with respect to national procurement, local hiring requirements, private sector involvement, public transportation and public housing
• Halibut Fishery - with respect to the fishing quotas of Halibut in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Health Accord - with respect to funding commitments, services and targets.
• Individual Transferrable Quotas (ITF) - with respect to the reform or removal of the ITF policy.
• Industry safety standards for Armoured car workers - with respect to the creation of a task force on the Armoured Car Industry that would examine health and safety standards including vehicle safety requirements.
• International trade policy and negotiations with respect to North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and similar trade agreements.
• Lobbying with respect to a manufacturing strategy pertaining to a National manufacturing strategy.
• Marijuana - with respect to the regulation of marijuana generally and its regulation affecting persons who are employees who are recreational or medicinal users of marijuana.
• Marine Communication and Traffic Services (MCTS) centre - with respect to the closure of MCTS centres.
• Marine Transport - with respect to the establishment of a regulatory framework for the shipping industry, industry support and training.
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - with respect to the funding and resources for the inquiry.
• National Trade and Investment Framework - with respect to the creation of a clear investment framework incorporating social, economic and environmental priorities.
• Prescription Drugs - with respect to the establishment of a national prescription drug program.
• Preserving the Independence of the Inshore Fleet in Canada's Atlantic Fishers (PIIFCAF) - with respect to owner-operator fleets and enforcement penalties.
• Public Transportation Investment - with respect to domestic public procurement and local hiring requirements.
• Rail Transport - with respect to a national rail strategy, including railway health and safety standards, the funding of via-rail and a national high-speed rail system.
• Search and Rescue Aircraft - with respect to the procurement of search and rescue aircraft.
• Sector Councils - with respect to the establishment of multi-stakeholder sector councils regarding industrial policy and economic development issues.
• Senior Care - With respect to the development of a national strategy on senior care.
• Skills Training - With respect to funding for training facilities, Labour Market development Agreements, an Aboriginal Skills and Employment Strategy.
• Status of Women - with respect to the re-opening of Status of Women offices across Canada, restoring funding to feminist organizations, addressing gender equality issues, and the development of a comprehensive federal gender violence strategy and action plan.
• Support for public transit by funding municipal transit authorities.
• Sustainable development of energy resources - with respect to a national cap and trade system, alternative energy sources, restrictions on pipelines and fracking.
• Trade Imbalance, including but not limited to Free Trade Agreements and Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection (FIPAs) - with respect to reciprocity in foreign trade

Politique ou Programme, Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Aerospace Industry, including but not limited to the Aeronautics Act - with respect to investment in domestic research and development, domestic production and training.
• Canada Health Act - with respect to the privatization of health care services and the adequate funding of the public health care system, and proposals for a national pharmacare program.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ("CBC"), including but not limited to the Broadcasting Act and funding of the CBC
• Child Care - with respect to a National Early Learning and Child Care Framework, and universal public child care system in Canada.
• Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) - with respect to a reassessment of the TFWP emphasizing rights and protections for migrant workers and access to the Canadian immigration process.
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission ("TRC") - with respect to the implementation of the TRC's 94 recommendations

Politique ou Programme, Règlement

• Forestry - with respect to forestry trade policies, regulation to encourage sustainable harvesting and funding of the Forestry Industry Transformation program, and with respect to funding of Mountain Pine Beetle management programs.
• National Telecommunications Plan - with respect to the regulation and affordability of telecommunication services.
• Public Workplace Safety in the Armoured Car Industry. Primarily related to the number of security personnel on armoured vehicles.
• Road Transportation - with respect to regulation, labour standards and enforcement, fleet renewal programs, and industry impact assessments with respect to technological and environmental change

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Amendments to the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23 with respect to benefits for workers, eligibility criteria, the waiting period, service standards, maternity and parental leave, compassionate care leave, benefit flexibility and the use of EI Contributions.
• Amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Act with respect to benefits in favour of employees/retirees, including Bill C-27 which proposes to change that Act to enable employers to eliminate or compromise defined-benefit pension plans.
• Canada Elections Act - with respect to election financing and rules, and with respect to review and modernization
• Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (Canada-EU CETA) - with respect to Canada's involvement in the Canada-EU CETA, investor-state dispute settlement reforms, procurement, pharmaceutical drug costs and compensation.
• Canadian Dollar, including but not limited to the Bank of Canada and the Bank of Canada Act - with respect to the stabilization of the Canadian dollar.
• Criminal Code - with respect to amendments that would permit single sports event wagering for the benefit of gaming industry employment.
• Federal Wage Policy - with respect to the introduction of a federal minimum wage of $15 and a fair wage policy for federal procurement
• National Disabilities Act - with respect to the enactment of a National Disabilities Act that would provide support and ensure accommodation and accessibility for persons with disabilities.
• Pay Equity - with respect to the implementation of the Pay Equity Act (enacted by Bill C-86).
• Possible Legislation to be introduced dealing with amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, provisions regarding the treatment of unsecured claims for employee compensation, pension and severance claims and the status of collective agreements.
• Possible Legislation to be introduced regarding a Law to ensure appropriate levels of automobile gas consumption rates.
• Proposal to amend Part III of the Canada Labour Code regarding minimum standards of employment and pay equity.
• Proposals to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, regarding the process by which claims are heard and proved; Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with respect to submissions regarding refugee status of members of Unifor.
• Social Security Tribunal - with respect to transparency and accessibility of appeal mechanisms.
• Softwood Lumber - with respect to the re-negotiation of a Canada-US Softwood Lumber agreement and forestry trade sanctions.
• The Income Tax Act - with respect to income splitting, tax credits and corporate tax rates.
• The Telecommunications Act - with respect to foreign ownership.
• Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - with respect to Canada's participation in the TPP.
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - with respect to the implementation of the treaty.

Règlement

• Air Passenger Protection Regulations - with respect to their content and implementation of the proposed Regulations including extending the period for consultation about the proposed Regulations.
• CANADA REGULATIONS 986, Canada Labour Standards Regulations, under the Canada Labour Code regarding various subjects.
• Hydro-Electricity - with respect to domestic content conditions on resource developments and the pricing, access and transportation access of hydro-electricity.
• Mining -with respect the regulation of the mining industry, including foreign investment in domestic mining companies, domestic content requirements on resource development and the royalty regime.
• National Spectrum Policy - with respect to the regulation of the spectrum for public interest objectives.
• Port Authorities Operations Regulations - regulations or legislation to ensure more stability in the port container trucking sector.
• Regulations under the Fisheries Act pertaining to allocation of Quotas, Fisheries (General) Regulations SOR/93-53

Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier

• Obtain funding from the Federal Government with respect to charitable international aid projects.