Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution of Canada. It is commonly known as the notwithstanding clause. Sometimes referred to as the override power,it allows Parliament or provincial legislatures to temporarily override sections 2 and 7–15 of the Charter. The clause was part of the 'Kitchen Accord' of 1981.
Coquitlam is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia,Canada. Mainly suburban,Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province,with a population of 148,625 in 2021,and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. The mayor is Richard Stewart.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector –although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well. CUPE–SCFP is the largest union in Canada,representing some 700,000 workers in health care,education,municipalities,libraries,universities,social services,public utilities,transportation,emergency services and airlines. Over 60 per cent of CUPE–SCFP's members are women,and almost a third are part-time workers. CUPE–SCFP is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress and is its greatest financial contributor.
Grace Hartman was a Canadian labour union activist,whose 1975 election to the presidency of the Canadian Union of Public Employees made her the first woman in North America to lead a major labour union.
Michael C. Farnworth is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021,and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,Farnworth represents the riding of Port Coquitlam in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,where he is the NDP's house leader,and the dean of the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Community College (VCC) is a public community college in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. Founded in 1965,it is the oldest community college in British Columbia. VCC offers 79 certificate programs,24 diploma programs,9 award of achievement programs,8 apprenticeship programs,4 statement of completion programs,3 bachelor's degree programs and 2 associate degree programs. VCC has two campuses:Broadway and Downtown.
Mary-Woo Sims (沈明麗) is a social justice activist. Best known as a former chief commissioner of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission,Sims was also a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the electoral district of Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam in the 2006 federal election.
Fin Donnelly is a Canadian politician. He has served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for the electoral district of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain since 2020,as part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. He previously served as member of Parliament (MP) as part of the federal NDP caucus,representing New Westminster—Coquitlam from 2009 to 2015,and Port Moody—Coquitlam from 2015 to 2019.
Richard Stewart is the mayor for the city of Coquitlam,British Columbia. He was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005,and became mayor in 2008.
This is a timeline of labour issues and events in Canada.
Judy Darcy is a Canadian health care advocate,trade unionist,and former politician. Darcy was the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of British Columbia. She was the fourth National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees from 1991 until 2003,making her the second woman and second Jewish-Canadian to hold the post,and business manager of the Hospital Employees' Union from 2005 to 2011.
The Hospital Employees' Union (HEU),founded in 1944 at Vancouver General Hospital,is now the oldest and largest trade union for hospital workers and health care specialists in British Columbia. The HEU represents 46,000 members across the public,non-profit and private health sectors. It is also a member in the British Columbia Federation of Labour and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
The 2008–2009 York University strike was a strike by CUPE Local 3903,the union representing contract professors,teaching assistants,and graduate assistants at York University.
Jeffrey "Jeff" Raymond Rose is a Canadian trade unionist and former public servant. He is national president emeritus of the Canadian Union of Public Employees,having served as national president of CUPE from 1983–1991,and was deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs for the government of Ontario from 1991 to 1995.
The Putting Students First Act is an act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The law allows the provincial government to set rules that local school boards must adhere to when negotiating with local unions and to impose a collective agreement on the board,employee bargaining agent,and the employees of the board represented by the employee bargaining agent if negotiations are not completed by December 31,2012. This bill also limits the legality of teachers' unions and support staff going on strike. In April 2016,the law was found to be unconstitutional.
Charles Fleury is a Canadian trade union activist who is currently the National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Fleury was first elected to his current position of National Secretary-Treasurer on November 2,2011 at the CUPE National Convention in Vancouver,British Columbia.
Stephen Francis Lecce is a Canadian politician and Ontario's current minister of energy and electrification. Lecce served as the Ontario minister of education from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party,Lecce is the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for King—Vaughan,representing the riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since his election in 2018. Before running for office,Lecce worked in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) as the director of media relations during Stephen Harper's tenure.
The 2020 Port of Montreal strike began at 7:00 AM on August 10,2020,after Local 375 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees walked off the jobsite. The local had previously voted for an indefinite strike. The strike is part of a dispute dating back to 2018,when the union and management were unable to negotiate a new contract.
Jennifer Whiteside is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of New Westminster as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.
The Keeping Students in Class Act was a law in the province of Ontario. It aimed to address labour disputes between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the province of Ontario regarding employees in Ontario public school districts. The act prohibited any strikes by CUPE members by declaring strikes by the union to be illegal under Ontario's Labour Relations Act,setting a fine of up to $4,000 per day on strike for members,and $500,000 per day on strike for the union. The bill used the controversial Notwithstanding Clause to override Canadians' constitutional right to strike. After the union's decision to strike anyway,protests,other unions pledging to join in,and proposals for a general strike,CUPE and the Ontario government came to an agreement to repeal the bill,and declare it and any collective agreements enacted by it void ab initio.
