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
Conni Kilfoil, Canadian Union of Public
Employees -
The Aboriginal Council Action Plan for 2004-2006
Spring of Fear: Report of the SARS Commission
Whistleblower legislation across the Country
Bob Blair, Blair 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 Church, Caley Wray -
Imperial Oil, Chiasson and other cases on drug testing
Shannon Carson, Myers Weinberg -
MTS Allstream Inc. v. Communications, Energy and
Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 7
Isabelle Boivin, Trudel 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 Brown, Victory Square Law Office -
Contempt and the definition of "Strike"
Garth Smorang, Myers Weinberg
- The Impact of Technological Development
on Teachers/educational Workers: Putting
Educators on the Offence
Josh Phillips, Green Chercover -
The Impact Of Technological Development On Teachers/Educational Workers: Putting Educators on the Defence
Stephen Wahl, Koskie 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