Bill C-257
Published by Patrick April 2nd, 2007 in Anti-scab legislation, House of Labour Tags: anti-scab, health-and-safety, sinclair.To: PSAC members in BC
As you may know, Bill 257 (Anti-scab legislation) was defeated on March 21 during the 3rd reading in the House of Commons 177 votes to 122 votes. Despite this, we have a lot to be proud of. The CLC coordinated a well organized campaign of which the PSAC played a key role both in BC and in Ottawa. And we couldn’t have done so without your participation.
Many of you took the time to write, phone, fax and email your MP to build support for the bill. In particular, our Area Councils sent letters to each MP in their region identifying the number of PSAC members in their riding affected by the bill.
I want to thank all of you: your hard work and positive response to our repeated requests for support are much appreciated. While I’m disappointed that more MPs did not support working people on this issue (and we will remember them at election time, scroll down to see how they all voted) I truly believe that our union is stronger from this experience.
Thanks again. In Solidarity, Kay Sinclair, REVP BC
| Riding | Member | Party | Vote |
| Abbotsford | Ed Fast | Conservative | No |
| BC Southern Interior | Alex Atamenenko | NDP | Yes |
| Burnaby-Douglas | Bill Siksay | NDP | Yes |
| Burnaby-New Westminster | Peter Julian | NDP | Yes |
| Cariboo-Prince George | Dick Harris | Conservative | No |
| Chilliwack-Fraser Valley | Chuck Strahl | Conservative | No |
| Delta-Richmond East | John Cummins | Conservative | No |
| Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca | Keith Martin | Liberal | No |
| Fleetwood-Port Kells | Nina Grewal | Conservative | No |
| Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo | Betty Hinton | Conservative | No |
| Kelowna-Lake Country | Ron Cannan | Conservative | No |
| Kootenay-Columbia | Jim Abbott | Conservative | No |
| Langley | Mark Warawa | Conservative | No |
| Nanaimo-Alberni | James Lunney | Conservative | No |
| Nanaimo-Cowichan | Jean Crowder | NDP | Yes |
| New Westminster-Coquitlam | Dawn Black | NDP | Yes |
| Newton-North Delta | Sukh Dhaliwal | Liberal | Yes |
| North Vancouver | Don Bell | Liberal | Yes |
| Okanagan-Coquihalla | Stockwell Day | Conservative | No |
| Okanagan-Shuswap | Colin Mayes | Conservative | No |
| Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission | Randy Kamp | Conservative | No |
| Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam | James Moore | Conservative | No |
| Prince George-Peace River | Jay Hill | Conservative | No |
| Richmond | Raymond Chan | Liberal | Yes |
| Saanich-Gulf Islands | Gary Lunn | Conservative | No |
| Skeena-Bulkley Valley | Nathan Cullen | NDP | Yes |
| South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale | Russ Hiebert | Conservative | No |
| Surrey North | Penny Priddy | NDP | Yes |
| Vancouver Centre | Hedy Fry | Liberal | Yes |
| Vancouver East | Libby Davies | NDP | Yes |
| Vancouver Island North | Catherine Bell | NDP | Yes |
| Vancouver-Kingsway | David Emerson | Conservative | No |
| Vancouver-Quadra | Stephen Owen | Liberal | Yes |
| Vancouver South | Ujjal Dosanjh | Liberal | Absent |
| Victoria | Denise Savoie | NDP | Yes |
| West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country | Blair Wilson | Liberal | No |