2007 Annual Conference

Yellowknife
June 28-July 1, 2007

This year's theme is:
"STRANGERS IN PARADISE?: MINORITY RIGHTS, TRADE UNIONS AND LABOUR LAW" 

2007 Conference Presentations

CALL Convention Address

Treasurer's Annual Report

Conni KilfoilCanadian Union of Public
Employees
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The Aboriginal Council Action Plan for 2004-2006

Spring of Fear: Report of the SARS Commission

Whistleblower legislation across the Country

Bob BlairBlair Chahley Seveny
The “Managed Open Site” in Alberta

Religious Accommodation in the Workplace - What is “religious” versus what is “custom”

Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, American Islamic Society
Islamic Dress and Muslim Norms of Modesty

Michael ChurchCaley Wray -
Imperial Oil, Chiasson and other cases on drug testing

Shannon CarsonMyers Weinberg - 
MTS Allstream Inc. v. Communications, Energy and
Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 7

Isabelle BoivinTrudel Nadeau Avocats -
Union Liability for Damages from a Demonstration
QUAND LE TEMPS C’EST BEAUCOUP D’ARGENT
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations: Progress achieved in national labour legislation

Marjorie BrownVictory Square Law Office -
Contempt and the definition of "Strike"

Garth SmorangMyers Weinberg
- The Impact of Technological Development
on Teachers/educational Workers: Putting
Educators on the Offence

Josh PhillipsGreen Chercover -
The Impact Of Technological Development On Teachers/Educational Workers: Putting Educators on the Defence

Stephen WahlKoskie Minsky -
TCT Logistics

CUPE BC POLICY STATEMENT ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

 

2007 Conference Schedule

THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2007

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
CALL/ACAMS Council Meeting
[Council members only]

8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Reception and Registration
Hotel
Coordinator: Local Committee

FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2007

8:15 - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00- 9:15 a.m. Welcome
Honourable Floyd K. Roland, MLA, Deputy Premier, Northwest Territories

Michael Cohen, President CALL-ACAMS
Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino

Austin Marshall- Yellowknife Organizing Committee, Marshall & Company

Susan Philpott, Koskie Minsky, Overview of Conference Agenda

9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Plenary

First Nations and Trade Unions
Moderator: Larry Steinberg, Koskie Minsky

Speakers:
Todd Parsons, Union of Northern Workers
Bill Erasmus, Dene National Chief

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Plenary

Organizing and Servicing Unions in Remote Areas
Moderator: Mary MacKinnon, Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck

Speakers: 
Jacquie de Aguayo, Coordinator of Representation, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Conni Kilfoil, Equality Representative, BC. Region, Canadian Union of Public Employees

12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch
Coordinator: (Yellowknife Committee)

Speaker:
Justice John Vertes, Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories

1:30- 2:30 p.m. Plenary

Migrant Workers
Moderator: Claude Melançon Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino

Speakers: 
Yessi Byl - Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate, Alberta Federation of Labour

Veena Verma, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish

Cathleen Caron, Founder and Executive Director, Global Workers Justice Alliance

2:30-2:45 p.m. Break

2:45-4:00 p.m. Sectoral Workshops

1. Broader Public Sector
Moderator: Leanne MacMillan/Roman Stoykewych

Speakers: 
Liz McIntyre, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish
Spring of Fear: Report of the SARS Commission

Roman Stoykewych, Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Whistleblower legislation across the Country

2. Construction
Moderator: Graham Williamson, Koskie Minsky

Problem with the Paradigm:
Craft Unions versus All Employee Unions
Dependent Contractors and the Underground Economy

Bob Blair, Blair Chahley Seveny

Nick Keresztesi, Universal
Workers Union, Local 183

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Open Forum

Revisiting the Role of CALL/ACAMS
Facilitator: Kate Hughes Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish

Friday Night Social Events

5:30 P.M.-Midnight Sun Run Walk (1k/5K) Go to the Bar Challenge
Coordinator: Melissa Kronick, Caley Wray

SATURDAY JUNE 30, 2007

8:15- 8:45 Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Plenary

Religious Accommodation in the Workplace - What is “religious” versus what is “custom”
Moderator: Peggy Smith, Elliot Smith

Speakers: 
Dr. Ingrid Mattson, President, American Islamic Society

Pierre Brun, Grondin, Poudrier, Bernier

Susan Ursel, Green Chercover, Biometric Identification and the Sign of the Beast

10:15- 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30- 12:00 p.m. Plenary

10 Minute Labour Lawyer
Moderator: Karin Linnebach, Myers Weinberg

  • Leanne Chahley, Blair Chahley Seveny – Update on Alberta adjudication
  • Michael Church, Caley Wray -Imperial Oil, Chiasson and other cases on drug testing.
  • Joanne Pickel, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish, on Interim Remedies,Ontario Power Generation and judicial review.
  • Shannon Carson, Myers Weinberg, on MTS Media and YPG (Status of employees on successorship.).
  • Isabelle Boivin, Trudel Nadeau Avocats, Union Liability for Damages from a Demonstration
  • Marjorie Brown, Victory Square Law Office – Contempt and the Definition of “Strike”

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

CALL Business Meeting

1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Plenary

The Great Debate: Accommodation of Minority Rights versus Seniority- A Mock Arbitration in One Act
Moderator: Michael Cohen, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino

Debaters:
Lorne Richmond, Sack Goldblatt, Mitchell
Drew Plaxton, Plaxton, Gillies

3:00- 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 - 4:45p.m. Sectoral Workshops

1. In House Counsel
Coordinator: Mark Rowlinson, United Steelworkers

Speakers/Topic: TO BE CONFIRMED

2. Education
Moderator: Josh Phillips

Technology and Teachers
Speakers: 
Garth Smorang, Myers Weinberg
Josh Phillips, Green Chercover

Saturday Night

6:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Dinner, Department of National Defence Officers’ Mess
Coordinator: Yellowknife Committee

SUNDAY JULY 1, 2007

9:30 a.m. Breakfast

10:00 - 11:45 a.m. – Plenary

Supreme and Appellate Court Update
Moderators: Ethan Poskanzer, Sack Goldblatt, Mitchell Steven Barrett Sack Goldblatt, Mitchell

Speakers:
Stephen Wahl, Koskie Minsky, TCT Logistics

Valerie Mathews Lemieux, Valerie Matthews Lemieux Law Corporation – Standards of Judicial Review

Faye Faraday, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish

11:45 a.m.
Conference Wrap Up – Local Committee

12:00 Adjournment