The Minister touched on something here that I would like to explore a little further. On the collective bargaining issue, it has always been my understanding that it wasn’t a union issue in negotiating because if you are providing subsidized housing to someone in a non-market community where, like I said, it is difficult to provide staff housing for staff because of high carrying capital costs and so on and so forth, it is difficult to get contractors on. I am curious to know what type of actual collective bargaining issue this creates, because I can’t see how the people in market communities that are staff could possibly have an issue with this. I know that has been an outstanding hurdle that, obviously, we haven’t cleared yet. I am wondering if the Minister could explain just what the issue is.
Tom Beaulieu on Motion To Amend Committee Motion 5-16(3): Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Motion To Amend Committee Motion 5-16(3): Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 18th, 2009
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