Public Hearing on Harper's Omnibus Budget Bill

It is vital for Canadians to know just what is contained in the Harper Conservatives 400+ page Budget Implementation Bill, because it is much more than just a budget bill.

The Budget Implementation bill will repeal the Fair Wages and Hours section of the Labour Code. It gives the Harper cabinet the power to change the rules on Employment Insurance without a debate or a vote in parliament.

And it doesn't stop there, there are many other none budgetary matters inserted into this legislation that Canadians absolutely did not vote for!

MP Irene Mathyssen is inviting you to come out to a special meeting in the community meeting room at her constituency office so that you can learn more details about what your government is doing, and have your voice heard.

TUESDAY MAY 22nd
6:30-8:00pm
1700 Dundas St. at the MP Constituency Office

If you aren't able to make it, NDP MPs have set up a special webpage to provide information and make your views heard. Please visit: http://budget2012.ndp.ca/

Assaulted bus driver Charles Dixon returns to work with headgear

Bus driver Charles Dixon returned to work Monday wearing boxing-style headgear that he plans to wear until he retires. He also added that his attacker Del Louie should be in jail.

A bus driver brutally assaulted over 14 months ago used his return to work Monday to bitterly criticize the judge who handed his assailant an 18-month conditional sentence.
Minutes before boarding a Coast Mountain bus at a Burnaby bus loop, Charles Dixon told reporters that Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Karen Walker should have sent Del Louie to jail.

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Acadian Bus Lines employees accept offer

Locked-out unionized workers at Acadian Bus Lines voted Sunday to accept a tentative deal, bringing an end to the five-month-old contract dispute.

The work stoppage has halted intercity bus service in New Brunswick and P.E.I. since December.

"I'm happy it's over," said Glen Carr, the president of the union. "We have 92 per cent in favour of the company offer. Today is a new day, we move forward from here."

Carr said workers hugged each other and shed tears when the final vote was counted.

"Five months is a long time to be out."


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ATU Canadian Council responds to Mississauga Driver's suspension

National Transit Union Outraged at Bus Driver’s Suspension for Washroom Break

Rexdale, Ontario – April 10, 2012 – The Amalgamated Transit Union Canadian Council takes serious issue with the discipline of a Mississauga bus driver who was suspended for 5 days by Mississauga Transit for taking time to use the washroom while on duty.

“This is a national issue which affects the health and safety of both our country’s bus drivers, and the public at large”, says Stan Dera, Director of the ATU’s Canadian Council.


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