Supreme Court Of Canada Finds RCMP Labour Relations Regime Unconstitutional

Introduction
Supreme Court of Canada to Consider Freedom of Association in Collective Bargaining Process provided background details regarding an upcoming decision of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”). In short, currently the RCMP is prohibited from unionization. By way of decision dated January 16, 2015 the SCC has determined that the current labour regime is contrary to section 2 (d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) (the fundamental right of freedom of […]

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