Publication Archive

CLC to OECD: conduct health care research fairly

Posted: Thursday, 23 September 2010

President Ken Georgetti, CLC wrote to Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in protest of the recent policy recommendations that the OECD has made regarding the Canadian Health Care System. The … Read More

Message to politicians: keep the long gun registry

Posted: Thursday, 16 September 2010

The fate of the federal long gun registry is being decided by Members of Parliament. Conservative MPs are supporting Bill C-391, which would scrap the registry and destroy all of its records. The House of Commons committee that reviewed the bill has pr… Read More

Report of the Information Clearinghouse on Border Controls and Infringements to Travellers’ Rights

Posted: Wednesday, 15 September 2010

The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) supports legitimate efforts to combat terrorism which is in itself a serious attack on human rights, but argues that these efforts must always respect human rights norms. It is not possible to defen… Read More

CPP Fact Sheet: Labour’s plan for an improved CPP

Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010

How it works The best way to help today’s workers save enough for retirement is by increasing what everybody gets from the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans. The Canadian Labour Congress is proposing a gradual doubling of future benefits. A modest increa… Read More

Green Jobs in the Electricity Sector

Posted: Thursday, 2 September 2010

Opportunity in Crisis: Decent Green Jobs Canada and the world must address climate change, the most urgent issue of our times. With current rates of fossil fuel consumption, the increase in global average temperature will lead to harmful global impacts o… Read More