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Hundreds gathered at Queen’s Park to protest Bill 45, which includes the Electronic Cigarettes Act. Under the act, vaping will no longer be permitted in stores or vapour lounges across the province. It also forbids the promotion of vaping accessories and e-juice, and treats e-cigarettes in the same clandestine manner as tobacco.

Photos: Pro-Vaping Rally in Toronto Hundreds gathered at Queen's Park to protest Bill 45, which includes the Electronic Cigarettes Act. Under the act, vaping will no longer be permitted in stores or vapour lounges across the province. It also forbids the promotion of vaping accessories and e-juice, and treats e-cigarettes in the same clandestine manner as tobacco.

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An Update on Bill 45

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There has been a lot of discussion, and confusion, about Ontario’s new Electronic Cigarette Act, or Bill 45, which received royal assent in May 2015. The act, which legally treats e-cigs and vapes exactly the same as tobacco products, has been a controversial piece of legislation since its introduction to provincial parliament.

There are many arguments pro- and anti- vaping. David Sweanor, a law…

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Canada’s unions are being threatened with fines for talking about strikes. Protect their free speech!

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Alberta Public Sector Unions Challenging New Labour Legislation and Pension Reform

             (From left) Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan speaks as Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) president Elisabeth Ballermann, Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) president Guy Smith, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) president Marle Roberts and United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) president Heather Smith listen as union leaders release a report showing that current pension plans are healthy at the UNA Offices in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Codie McLachlan/Edmonton Sun

"Two big Alberta public sector unions are moving ahead with challenges to new provincial labour legislation."

"The United Nurses of Alberta filed a statement of claim Wednesday saying Bill 45, which bans strikes by some unions, violates freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of Rights."

"The union, which represents almost 30,000 registered nurses and other health staff, has asked the Court of Queen’s Bench to throw out parts of the legislation, which received royal assent last month, but has not yet been proclaimed."

“The blanket ban on strikes by large swaths of public employees in the code violate the following fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the charter … freedom of expression, freedom of association, the right to liberty and security of the person,” the union said in a release Wednesday."

"The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees also filed a court challenge to Bill 45 Wednesday."

"Meanwhile, AUPE was heading to the labour relations board to challenge the Public Service Salary Restraint Act, known as Bill 46, which would impose a contract on 22,000 government workers."

CBC January 8, 2014: Alberta public sector unions challenge new labour laws: Legislation bans some workers from striking and imposes contracts on others

Edmonton Sun, January 14, 2014: Study shows Alberta pension plans are healthy says union leaders by Matt Dykstra

Canadian Press, January 15, 2014: Alberta Public-Sector Pensions: Provincial Government Wants Changes

The Canadian Press video, January 14, 2014: : Pension changes will lead to gutting: unions, by Dean Bennett 

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Alberta and the Question of Workers' Rights: Bill 45 & Bill 46

CBC News, November 27, 2013: Alberta accused of stripping workers' rights with new laws: Province introduces new legisation aimed at union activity

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says two new laws introduced by the provincial government on Wednesday are attacks on workers' rights.

Bill 46, the Public Service Salary Restraint Act, would allow the province to impose a settlement on AUPE members if a negotiated agreement cannot be reached by Jan. 31, 2014.

The province has presented Bill 45, the Public Sector Services Continuation Act, as a way to protect the public against illegal strikes. 

AUPE (Alberta Union of Provincial Employees), November 27, 2013:  Bill 45& 46 Information

The Bills

Click here to download Bill 45: Public Sector Services Continuation Act

Click here to download Bill 46: Public Service Salary Restraint Act

Understanding Bill 46: 

"Bill 46 applies to AUPE direct government employee bargaining unit of 21,600 employees. AUPE’s contract expired on March 31, 2013. AUPE and the Government of Alberta had agreed to binding arbitration to settle their contract. The bill removes AUPE’s right to arbitration, ending the process the parties had begun.

Key points

AUPE and the government had agreement on an arbitrator and arbitration dates scheduled in February. AUPE offered arbitration dates in the last week of November, but the government said it was not available.

Bill 46 strips AUPE of its right to the arbitration process for this collective agreement.

Bill 46 imposes a wage settlement of 0%,0%,1%,1% over four years, with a lump sum payment of $875 in the second year. This is identical to a government wage offer presented to the union on November 22.

The government says AUPE can attempt to negotiate a settlement by January 31, 2014, with the option for cabinet to extend that date to March 31, 2014.

If an agreement is not imposed by either deadline, the bill extends the existing collective agreement until 2017, with wage adjustments of 0%, 0%, 1%, 1% and a lump sum payment of $875 in the second year.

The Public Service Employee Relations acts forbids government employees from going on strike. The Lougheed government’s rationale in 1977 was that binding arbitration was a fair substitute for the removal of the right to strike."