SOUND OFF: The premier’s mission to legalize peer pressure
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THIS PAST FALL, British Columbians from all corners of our province — myself included — headed to the polls to cast our votes in the provincial election. Anyone who checked a ballot knows that, regardless of how we choose to vote, it is our business and ours alone. Our ability to cast our ballots anonymously has been one of the most fundamental tenets of our democracy. The secret ballot allows us to make our own decisions free of judgment or pressure from our co-workers, neighbours, friends and families.
Unfortunately, eliminating secret ballot votes for union certification seems to be a major New Year’s resolution for Premier John Horgan and his NDP government. They have made no secret of the fact that this is at the top of their ‘to-do’ list in order to maximize unionization across B.C.’s industries. Reverting to a card-check system will allow pro-union workers and advocates to single out co-workers who are less willing and pressure them into unionization.
I support unions — but I also fully support the rights of workers to decide for themselves whether or not to unionize, free of outside pressure or influence. If the NDP continues to stack the deck in favour of unionization in order to push its discriminatory “pro-union” agenda, it is not only non-union workers across B.C. who will get the short end of the stick, but all B.C. taxpayers.
When John Horgan applied his ironically-named ‘Community Benefits Agreement’ (CBA) to some of B.C.’s major public infrastructure projects, it locked out any tradespeople or companies who were not a member of one of the NDP’s 19 pre-approved unions — many of which are based in the U.S. — from bidding or working on them.
