2015 Fairness Works Video; now available under video tab.

Income splitting

The Mad Men tax scheme, which the Conservatives are trying to rebrand as “The Family Tax Cut,” allows parents with kids under the age of 18 with different incomes to shift up to $50,000 from a parent in a higher tax bracket to a parent in a lower income bracket (with a $2,000 cap).

You have to be a certain kind of household to get  a piece of this $12.65 billion pie:

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By all accounts there will be an election on September 22, 2014.
we have members in all ridings in New Brunswick.

Attached is the web
http://www.electionsnb.ca/provincialelections-e.asp

The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected the Conservative government’s attempt to transform the Senate into an elected body, and to set term limits of nine years, saying that such basic changes require the consent of at least seven provinces and half of Canadians.

The court also nixed the possible abolition of the Senate without the consent of all provinces, the House of Commons and the Senate — probably impossible for the foreseeable future. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government had asked the court if abolition could occur with the consent of seven provinces and half of the country’s population.

Full story from Globe and Mail..here

For decades, Canada has relied on migrant workers to help develop the economy. Many come through the government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This program was intended to fill very specific jobs on a short term basis—jobs that required workers and skills that did not exist in the country.  But since 2006, the Harper government has made it much easier for employers of all kinds to use migrant workers. It’s like they’ve built a pipeline that can be easily tapped into.  Employers are now able to hire temporary migrant workers to harvest crops, fly planes, drive trucks, care for children and elders, respond to trouble tickets on IT help desks, and—incredibly—serve coffee at Tim Hortons and flip burgers at Wendy’s!

Check this out.

Bill C-525 – An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act (PESRA) and the Public Service Labour Relations Act (PSLRA) has been sent back to the House for Report Stage and Third Reading. The bill also known as the Employee Voting Rights Act is currently scheduled to be debated in the House at Third Reading on April 7, 2014. This date could change should the Conservatives move it up in the order of business.

Download pdf letter here

Le projet de loi C-525, Loi modifiant le Code canadien du travail, la Loi sur les relations de travail au Parlement (LRTP) et la Loi sur les relations de travail dans la fonction publique (LRTFP), a été renvoyé à la Chambre pour l’étape du rapport et la troisième lecture. Ce projet de loi également appelé Loi sur le droit de vote des employés est censé être débattu par la Chambre en troisième lecture le 7 avril 2014. Cette date pourrait être modifiée si les Conservateurs l’inscrivent plus tôt dans l’ordre des travaux.

Download French-pdf

Please review the video section, under resources. we have added two new videos:
1) 125th anniversary of the IAM; which is 10 minutes in length.
2) “Made in USA” video on the Ontario right to work, shows the true story behind this.

Both video’s are under the resources section.

Check out the list of MP websites: link is under the “Canada MP List” tab.

Boulerice, Alexandre	http://boulerice.org/index.php/en/
Chisholm, Robert	http://www.robertchisholm.ca/
Chow, Olivia	http://www.oliviachow.ca/
Crowder, Jean	http://www.jeancrowder.ca/
Cullen, Nathan	http://www.nathancullen.com/
Davies, Don	http://dondavies.ca/
Duncan, Linda	http://lindaduncanmp.ca/
Freeman, Mylène	http://www.mylenefreeman.ca/
Fry, Hedy	http://www.hedyfry.com/
Harris, Dan	http://danharris.ndp.ca/
Masse, Brian	http://brianmasse.ndp.ca/
Mathyssen, Irene	http://www.irenemathyssen.ca/
Nash, Peggy	http://peggynash.ndp.ca/
Nunez-Melo, José	http://josenunezmelo.ndp.ca/
Rankin, Murray	http://murrayrankin.ndp.ca/
Thibeault, Glenn	http://glennthibeault.ndp.ca
Weston, John	http://www.johnweston.ca/