2005 Annual Conference
Montreal, Quebec • Hyatt Regency Hotel • June 16-19, 2005
Theme: Still Alive (And Kicking):
Trade Unions, Human Rights, And Democracy
The continuing contribution of trade unions and labour law to democratic society
2005 Conference Presentations
The Quebec Model - Discarding Democracy?
It's a Walmart World After All
Practical Approaches to Accomodation
Trade Unions: New Liabilities and New Realities
Practicing in the Spotlight - Dancing with the Media
10 Minute Lawyer - Drug Testing
Sexual Misconduct and Boundary Violations
2005 Conference Schedule
THURSDAY JUNE 16, 2005
3:30 –5:00
Anjou Room, Level 5
CALL/ACAMS Council Meeting
[Council members only]
6:30 pm -8:00 pm
Hyatt Terrace Ste-Catherine, Level 6
Reception and Registration
FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2005
8:30-9:00 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Welcome
Susan Philpott CALL President
Local Organizing Committee
Overview of Conference Agenda
9:15–10:30am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
Trade Unions and Democracy
Coordinator: Craig Flood, Koskie Minsky
Speakers:
Chris Albertyn, Vice Chairman, OLRB
Judy Fudge, Osgoode Hall Law School
10:30-10:45 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break
10:45-12:00 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
The Quebec Model – Discarding Democracy?
Coordinator: Claude Melançon, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
Speakers:
Jean Francois Lisée, Executive Director,
CÉRIM (Centre d’études et de recherches)
Prof. Gilles Trudeau, Université de Montréal
12:00-1:15 pm
Hospitality Suite, Level 5
Lunch & Speaker
Coordinator: (Montreal Committee)
Hassan Yussuff -Canadian Labour Congress
1:30-2:30 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
International Panel – It's a Walmart World After All
Coordinator: David Brown, N.B. Union
Chair: Mary Cornish, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish
Speakers:
Bama Athreya, Int’l Labour Rights Fund
Louis Bolduc, UFCW - Quebec
Joe Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfield & Toll –Washington Walmart class action
2:30-2:45 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break
2:45-3:45 pm
Breakout Sessions
1 .
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Skills Session – Practical Approaches to Accommodation
Coordinator: Leanne Chahley, Blair Chahley
Speakers:
Mary MacKinnon, Barrister and Solicitor
Shona Moore, Shortt Moore Arsenault
Michel Gilbert, Grodin Poudrier Bernier
2.
Picardi Room, Level 5
Remedies
Coordinator: David Wright, Ryder Wright Blair
Holmes
· Damages
· Discrimination Remedies
· Procedural Remedies- Interim Relief
· Damages in lieu of Reinstatement
Speakers:
Rick Blair, Ryder Wright Blair Holmes.
Jeanne Meyers, McGrady Baugh
Lionel Clarke, CUPE, St. John’s Newfoundland
Jasbir Parmar, ONA
Friday Night
Social Events
Cirque du Soleil (for ticket holders)
Buses to site starting at 7:30 PM on Jeanne Mance Street
Alternatives to Cirque du soleil
Consult Binder for information
SATURDAY JUNE 18, 2005
8:15-8:45
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Breakfast and Registration
9:00-10:15am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
Trade Unions: New Liabilities and New Realities
Coordinator: Ritu Khullar, Chivers Carpenter
Speakers:
Austin Marshall, Marshall & Co., Yellowknife
Giuseppe Sciortino, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
Pat Nugent, Chivers Carpenter
Carmela Allevato, CUPE
10:15-10:30 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break
10:30-12:00 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
Practising in the Spotlight- Dancing with the Media
Coordinator: Anne Gregory, UFCW, Local 832
Speakers:
Drew Plaxton, Plaxton Gillies
Lorne Slotnick, FSCO
Loreen Pindera. CBC
Don Eady, Palliare Rolland
12:00-1:00pm
Hospitality Suite, Level 5
Buffet Lunch
Auteuil Room, Level 5
CALL Business Meeting,
Constitutional Amendments
New CALL/ACAMS Website
Tsunami Relief (David Brown and Craig Flood)
CALL Conference 2006
Paris Conference
1:15 pm to 2:30 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
10 Minute Labour Lawyer
Coordinator: Sheila Greene, NAPE
Speakers:
Graham Williamson: Koskie Minsky: Drug Testing
Yves Saint-André, Trudel Nadeau: Protecting Employee Privacy in a Digital Age
Crystal Stewart, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish: Video Surveillance
David Jacobs, Watson, Jacobs, McCreary : Stelco
Meghan Ashbury, HEU: Organizing in the non-clinical health sector
2:30-2:45 pm
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm
Break-out Sessions
1.
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Skills Session – Sexual Misconduct and Boundary Violations
Coordinator – Simon Blackstone, Green Chercover
Speakers:
Simon Blackstone, Green Chercover
David Nicholson ONA
Elizabeth McIntyre, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish
2.
Picardi Room, Level 5
In-house Counsel – Perspectives on Practice as In House Counsel and Outside Counsel
Coordinator: Lisa Kelly, CAW-TCA Canada
Speakers:
Kathleen Cahill, Prof, University of Montreal
Peter Barnacle, CUPE Saskatchewan
Leanne MacMillan, Nova Scotia Nurses' Union
Saturday Night
*included in registration fee
6:30 pm to 1:00 am (or later)
Newtown, (Chez Villeneuve)
(See binder for details)
Coordinator: Montreal Committee
SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2005
9:30 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Breakfast
10:00 - 11:45 am
Alfred Rouleau, Level 4
Plenary
Supreme Court Update
Coordinators:
Steve Barrett, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell
Speakers:
Ethan Poskanzer, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell
Sheila Greene, Newfoundland Association of
Public Employees
Fay Faraday, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton
McIntyre & Cornish
11:45 am
Auteuil Room, Level 5
Conference Wrap Up
Local Committee
12:00
Adjournment (and recovery)