Terms and Conditions of Employment: Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Charter of Rights and Freedoms: The right of workers to bargain collectively over their terms and conditions of employment has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada as part of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the right to strike is a key element of our democracy recognized in rulings on international covenants that Canada has signed, according to The Chronicle Herald. Our research shows that the best method for governments to accomplish this is to use as light a legislative touch as possible. Health care, police, fire and emergency services, can and do all withstand the occasional labour disruption much better than critics suggest and What are we to make of the outlawing of a paramedics strike in Nova Scotia? Strikes cause disruption and difficulties. This is not a new thing. For the past half-century Canadian governments, both federal and provincial, have wrestled with the dilemma of how to maintain adequate public services while honouring collective bargaining. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.