United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW Canada) / Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l'alimentation et du commerce (TUAC Canada)
Registration:
20
of
31
(2020-06-01
to
2020-11-30)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Automation with respect to the creation of an advisory council and study.
- C-27, the Pension Benefits Standards Act, with respect to recognizing target benefit plans at the federal level.
- Conversion Therapy with respect to a comprehensive elimination of conversion therapy across the Canada.
- Covid-19 measures with respect to supports for Agri-food, food processing and food retail industries.
- Employment Insurance with respect to lowering the accumulated hours needed to access E.I. sick benefits to 360 hours of work in the 52 week period. Extending E.I. sickness benefits from 15 to 50 weeks and eliminating the 1 week waiting period to access benefits.
- Employment Labour Shortage in First Nations Communities with respect to education to employment barriers on and off reserve.
- Equity for First Nations Children in Canada with respect to the adoption of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society's Spirit Bear plan.
- Formerly known as M 444: A motion to establish a coordinated National Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women with respect to prevention measures, Service, legal and social policy responses.
- Indigenous Rights with respect to appropriate funding and resources to support the development of necessary publicly delivered
water infrastructure to indigenous communities across Canada.
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls with respect to implementing the calls to justice recommended by the final report of the National Inquiry of the MMIWG.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Formerly known as Bill C-389, Pay Equity Task Force Recommendations Act, with respect to implementing the recommendations of the task force and to begin closing the Gender Wage Gap.
- National Food Policy with respect to the establishment of a national food policy council inclusive of tripartite involvement and representation.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- African Swine Fever, with respect to preparation and contingency planning in the event of any detection in Canada.
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with respect to protection of Canadian Supply Management and strengthening the Labour Chapter.
- Trans-Pacific Partnership, with respect to impact studies and consultations.
Policies or Program
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program - requesting a more robust immigration program and greater access to permanent residency for workers, particularly where there is a genuine labour market shortage; ensuring that Canadians and permanent residents are more efficiently engaged in the labour market to substantially decrease unemployment in Canada