{"id":367,"date":"2016-08-16T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/00013ute.org\/?p=367"},"modified":"2016-08-16T13:40:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T18:40:57","slug":"court-upholds-lower-court-bill-c-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/2016\/08\/16\/court-upholds-lower-court-bill-c-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Upholds Lower Court Bill C-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\r\nline-height:15.75pt;background:white'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\r\nstyle='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333'>Appeal Court upholds\r\nlower court ruling on Bill C-10<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\r\ncolor:#333333'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\r\nline-height:15.75pt;background:white'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\r\ncolor:#333333'>The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the <\/span><a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-challenges-expenditure-restraint-act-bill-c10\"><span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Ontario Superior Court decision<\/span><\/a><span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333'> that Bill C-10, the <i\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Expenditure Restraint Act<\/i>, did not\r\nviolate the <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Charter<\/i> rights of federal\r\npublic service workers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Bill\r\nC-10, passed by the former Conservative government in 2009, rolled back\r\nnegotiated wage increases for federal public sector workers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>\u201cThe\r\ndecision is certainly disappointing,\u201d said PSAC National President Robyn\r\nBenson. \u201cWe believe that Bill C-10 violates federal public service workers\u2019\r\nright to freedom of association and to collectively bargain. Our legal team\r\nwill <span class=GramE>reviewing<\/span> the Court\u2019s ruling thoroughly before\r\ndecisions are made about our next step.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><span\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>PSAC\r\nhas 60 days to apply for leave to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of\r\nCanada.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\r\nline-height:normal;background:white'><a name=\"lt_pId008\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nnormal'><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\r\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\r\nmso-ansi-language:FR-CA'>C-10&nbsp;: la Cour d&#8217;appel de l&#8217;Ontario donne raison\r\nau tribunal de premi\u00e8re instance<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style='mso-bookmark:lt_pId008'><\/span><span\r\nlang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\r\nline-height:normal;background:white'><a name=\"lt_pId009\"><span lang=FR-CA\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA'>La\r\nCour d\u2019appel de l\u2019Ontario a statu\u00e9&nbsp;:<\/span><\/a><span lang=FR-CA\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA'>\r\nla <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Loi sur le contr\u00f4le des d\u00e9penses<\/i>\r\n(C-10) ne porte pas atteinte aux droits constitutionnels des fonctionnaires\r\nf\u00e9d\u00e9raux. Ce jugement confirme donc celui rendu pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment par la <\/span><a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/syndicatafpc.ca\/lafpc-conteste-loi-sur-controle-depenses-projet?_ga=1.122004482.842337101.1466517546\"><span\r\nlang=FR-CA style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\r\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:\r\nFR-CA'>Cour sup\u00e9rieure de l\u2019Ontario<\/span><\/a><span lang=FR-CA\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA'>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><a\r\nname=\"lt_pId010\"><span lang=FR-CA style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\r\ncolor:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Adopt\u00e9 en\r\n2009, sous les conservateurs, la C-10 r\u00e9duit les augmentations d\u00e9j\u00e0 n\u00e9goci\u00e9es\r\npour les fonctionnaires f\u00e9d\u00e9raux.<\/span><\/a><span lang=FR-CA style='mso-bidi-font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:\r\nbold'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><a\r\nname=\"lt_pId011\"><span lang=FR-CA style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\r\ncolor:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>\u00ab&nbsp;C\u2019est\r\ntr\u00e8s d\u00e9cevant, admet Robyn Benson, pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019AFPC. Nous savons que la\r\nC-10 viole le droit des fonctionnaires f\u00e9d\u00e9raux de se syndiquer et de n\u00e9gocier\r\ncollectivement. Notre \u00e9quipe juridique examinera soigneusement\r\nla d\u00e9cision de la Cour d\u2019appel, puis nous d\u00e9ciderons quelles mesures\r\nprendre.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3;background:white'><a\r\nname=\"lt_pId013\"><span lang=FR-CA style='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;\r\ncolor:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA'>L\u2019AFPC a 60&nbsp;jours pour demander une\r\nautorisation d\u2019appel \u00e0 la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada.<\/span><\/a><span lang=FR-CA\r\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-hansi-theme-font:\r\nminor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;\r\nmso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeal Court upholds lower court ruling on Bill C-10 The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the Ontario Superior Court decision that Bill C-10, the Expenditure Restraint Act, did not violate the Charter rights of federal public service workers. Bill C-10, passed by the former Conservative government in 2009, rolled back negotiated wage increases for federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/00013ute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}