2009 Annual Conference
Moncton, New Brunswick
May 28 - 31, 2009
Welcome and Opening Comments
Sheila Greene, President CALL/ACAMS
David Brown, Organizing Committee - Overview of Conference and Social Agenda
Plenary - From Credit Crisis to Recession: Causes and Effects of the Financial Sector Collapse and the Real Economy
Moderator:
Mark Rowlinson, Steelworkers
Speakers:
Travis Fast, Université Laval
Mathieu Ares, UQAM
Plenary - When the Wheels Fall off the Bus - What's to be Done? Tough Strategies for Tough Times
Moderator:
Melissa Kronick, CaleyWray
Plant Occupations Through the Ages and Around the World
Speakers:
Marie Kelly, Steelworkers
Gilles Theriault, GTA Fisheries Consultants and Former Executive Director of the Maritime Fishermen's Union
Key Note Address: “The Future of Labour Law”
Tom Kuttner, Professor, University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, Arbitrator
Plenary – A New Hope? New Trends in International Labour Law
Moderator:
Claude Melançon, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
Speakers:
Angela Cornell, Cornell University
The Employee Free Choice Act
Free Choice Act Video link
Mark Rowlinson, Steelworkers
Making A Bad Situation Worse
Workshop #1: Skills Seminar: Revenge By Cross-examination
Moderator:
Ken Stuebing, CaleyWray
Speakers:
Kate Hughes, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre and Cornish
Dan Rogers, Rogers Bobert
Workshop #2: Migration and Labour Law: Migration, Immigration and Vulnerable Workers
Moderator:
David Jewitt, Jewitt McLuckie
Speakers:
Joan Hill, USW-Tennessee
Immigration and US Labor Response
Naveen Mehta, UFCW Canada
Temporary Foreign Workers Summary
Olivia Chow, Member of Parliament, Trinity-Spadina
Temporary foreign workers and nonstatus workers
CALL/ACAMS Mini Film Festival
Presenting: “An Untidy Package"
Plenary – Labour and Insolvencies: What Can You Do Before, During and After?
The Treatment of Employment Claims in Insolvency Proceedings
Moderator:
Michael Cohen, Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino
Speakers:
Annick Desjardins, CUPE
Paul Champ, Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne and Yazbeck
Max Starnino, Paliare Roland
Plenary – Ten Minute Labour Lawyer
Moderator:
Trevor Ray, Myers Weinberg LLP
Giant Mines Update and legislative changes in Alberta
Pat Nugent, Chivers Carpenter
Fullowka v. Royal Oak Ventures | Appeal
Bill 26
Drug Testing update
Michael Church, CaleyWray
Bantrel Constructors Judgement | Appeal
Imperial Oil v. CEP
Goodyear Canada
Kellogg Brown & Root | Appeal
Lockerbie & Hole Industrial
PCL Constructors
United Assn 663 v. Mechanical Contractors Assn.
Conflicts and Representing unions
Susan Coen, CUPE
Wal-mart Update
Isabelle Boivin, Trudel Nadeau (Quebec)
Drew Plaxton, Plaxton & Company (Saskatchewan)
Wal-Mart Jonquiere | SLRB Order | Reasons
Wal-Mart Moose Jaw | SLRB Order | Reasons
Wal-Mart North Battleford
Wal-Mart Weyburn | SLRB Order | Reasons | Reconsideration dismissal | Queen's Bench
Legislative changes in Saskatchewan
Drew Plaxton, Plaxton & Company
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan
The Construction Industry Labour Relations Act
Bill 43
Bill 80
Bill 42 Challenge in BC
Ken Curry, British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union
Internal Union Discipline
Chris Rootham, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Birch v. Union of Taxation Employees, Local 70030 | Factum | Appeal | Leave
TWU Local 202 v. MacMillan | Appeal | Supreme Court
Illegal strike or Freedom of Expression
Isabelle Boivin, Trudel Nadeau
CALL/ACAMS Business Meeting and Lunch
President’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Student Welcome
Update on CALL Business
Next Conference Location
Documents:
Business Meeting Minutes
International Society for Labour and Social Security Law Bulletin
CLLA Letter for CALL Conference
CLLA Constitution
CALL website forum
Arthurs Commission Final Report
CLC Review of Part III
Labour Standards Canada Code Discussion Paper
Plenary – Collective Bargaining is a Charter Right – Using s. 2(d) of the Charter to protect union rights
Documents:
BC Health Services Supreme Court
BC Teachers Federation
CKY-TV v. CEP
Durham Regional Police Knopf Arbitration
Fraser v. Ontario
MGEU Corrections Interest Award
Moderator:
Marjorie Brown, Victory Square Law Office
Speakers:
Susan Dawes, Myers Weinberg
Colleen Bauman, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
Leanne Chahley, Blair Chahley
Workshop #1: Oh No: More Pensions.
Moderator:
Ken Stuebing, CaleyWray
Speakers:
Ron Pink, Q.C. Pink Larkin
Boom, Bust, Bankruptcy and Beyond
Michel Gilbert, Grondin, Poudrier, Bernier
Pension Plan Administration - Recent developments in Quebec
Documents:
Alberta- AFL Response
Alberta- Getting Our Acts Together
Alberta- NUPGE Response
Nova Scotia- Pension Review Panel Final Report
Ontario- A Fine Balance - Final Report
Ontario- CUPE Ontario Commission Submission
Some retirement plans are carrying extra risk
Other website resources
Workshop #2: CALL/ACAMS Mini Film Festival
Presenting: “The Take” (90 minutes)
Plenary – Supreme and Appellate Court Update –What’s New and What to Expect
Speakers:
Steven Barrett, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
Ethan Poskanzer, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
Documents:
CAW Factum Fullowka (Giant Mine) SCC
CLC Factum Kerry SCC
CLC Factum Wal-Mart SCC
Confédération des syndicats nationaux v. Canada
Honda Canada v. Keays SCC
Hydro Quebec v SCFP-FTQ
New Brunswick v Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Speakers and Moderators
LIst of Speakers and Moderators
CALL ACAMS Conference 2009 Attendees