Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• ESDC with regard to secure funding for Canadian Council on Learning and Work and Learning Knowledge Centre.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Anti-scab legislation (i.e. prohibitions on the use of replacement workers during strikes and lockouts).
• Canada Labour Code Part I - Industrial Relations and appointments of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board members.
• Canada and United Nations Agreements on Climate Change on how they will be implemented and the effect on workers in Canada.
• Department of Finance in regards to the Canada Pension Plan reform with regards to doubling the CPP.
• Department of Justice Long Gun Registry, with respect to the registration of firearms to defeat the formerly known Bill C-391 and save the gun registry.
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act related to the security Certificate provisions, the detention and deportation provisions.
• Labour Mobility and Agreement on Internal Trade with respect to the impact on collective agreements, qualifications standards in trades.

Policies or Program

• Canada and World Trade Organization Negotiations with regard to the negotiation of side agreements on labour rights.
• Current lack of affordable housing in Canada and policy approaches to address market shortcomings.
• ESDC - Labour Program - International Labour Activities and Canada's Positions at International Labour Organisation to facilitate trade Union involvement at the International Labour Organisation.
• GAC and ESDC - Negotiation and implementation of labor rights in trade and investment agreements
• Rights of people with disabilities and associated social support programs.
• Temporary Foreign Workers Program with respect to regulate and administrate - wage calculations, compliance and enforcement of working conditions.
• Understaffing of call-takers and dispatchers in the RCMP.