Conservative Party: Peter Woolstencroft

Peter Woolstencroft: At least nine resolutions for amendments to the Conservative partys policy book seek to crack down on the power of organized labour. The labour reform proposals are sponsored by various riding associations in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, according to Huffington Post. The number of proposals and the radical nature of a few of them suggest that the party is taking a cue from the American right wing, said Peter Woolstencroft, a political science professor at the University of Waterloo who focuses on the history of the Conservative party and A number of labour reform proposals on the agenda at this weekends Conservative party convention could be signs that the party is shifting further to the right, political observers say. Many call for an end to union political involvement, but one amendment seeks a more radical change to the Rand formula, a staple of Canadian labour relations that requires all employees in a unionized environment to pay union dues regardless of whether they join. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.