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Professional Workshops, Courses, and Training
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Training for Difficult Conversations
Effectively Approach and Facilitate Difficult Employee Conversations with this 2-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR Experts in Midtown NYC. Register Now.
Total Rewards: Compensation and Benefits
Successfully plan, execute and communicate a total rewards system that drives valuable business results. Examine crucial components of compensation and benefits planning to recognize which rewards attract, engage and retain employees.
The Role of the Courts in Managing the Collateral Consequences of Conviction
Last year, Judge John Gleeson caused a stir when he expunged the record of a woman he had sentenced years before and later issued what he called a "certificate of rehabilitation" to one of her codefendants. The 2nd circuit reversed his order, holding that federal courts, unlike the courts in many states, have no autho
The Law of Equal Employment Opportunity
The latest in-depth information on federal, state and local EEO and AA laws (e.g., Title VII, ADEA, ADA, Executive Order 11246). Topics include discrimination, reasonable accommodations, illegal harassment, retaliation, the relationship between EEO laws, AA and diversity, and the interplay of FMLA and ADA.
The Hobby Lobby Decision: Its Impact on the Workplace
In Hobby Lobby, the Supreme Court interpreted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as providing new religious freedom rights to closely held corporations. How will the Federal and state RFRAs interact with the Title VII, ACA, NLRA, and state and local human rights laws? What are the implications of Hobby Lobby for employers, unions, and the rights of employees to be free from discrimination based on LGBT, gender, and religion?
The Fundamentals of Negotiation (Canada)
This two-day workshop teaches the fundamental skills that apply to negotiations in any setting as a building block for managing workplace disputes, consulting with union representatives and collective bargaining.
The American Worker in the Global Industrial Relations
This 7-week class is designed to provide union members, officers, and staff, with a fundamental understanding of the operations and impact of corporate globalization, especially as it relates to labor-management relations.
The Affordable Care Act
Prepare Now for Negotiations! This one-day workshop, offered once in Albany and once in Rochester, will provide union leaders with the information they need to help members, trustees and board members understand how to best manage the so-called Cadillac Tax. Included will be tips on reporting, contract language and building a strategy to help manage costs in order to "stay below the line." Learn how employers are preparing themselves and gain insight into how the provisions of the Cadillac Tax may change before 2018.
Talent Acquisition
Explore the talent acquisition process to hire the right candidate for the right job at the right time. Learn strategies to source, attract, assess and select qualified candidates while considering legal requirements throughout the recruiting process.
Supervising Successfully in a Union
For union leaders and staff with supervisory responsibilities. Topics discussed include transitioning into a supervisory position, framework for resolving supervisory issues, managing time to supervise, building trust, coaching, staff reporting, having difficult discussions, managing up, supervising during change and crisis.
Strategic Grievance and Arbitration Handling (Canada)
Through this workshop, labour relations practitioners will develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to promote productive, efficient, and successful handling of grievances, ensuring that management is gaining maximum benefit from the process.
Steward Training (online)
This tools-building workshop emphasizes the rights of stewards/committee persons in resolving disputes in the workplace. The right to information, the duty of fair representation, and member's right to representation of their Weingarten rights will be covered. Participants will learn how to protect the grievance process, the equality principle, the seven tests of just cause, and how to simplify grievance writing.
Steward Training
This tools-building workshop emphasizes the rights of stewards/committee persons in resolving disputes in the workplace. The right to information, the duty of fair representation, and member's right to representation of their Weingarten rights will be covered.
Steward Training
This on-line tools-building workshop emphasizes the rights of stewards/committee persons in resolving disputes in the workplace. The right to information, the duty of fair representation, and members right to representation their Weingarten rights will be covered. Participants will learn how to protect the grievance process, the equality principle, the seven tests of just cause, and how to simplify grievance writing.
Resolving Internal Union Conflict
This course is designed as an introduction to dispute resolution theory and practice with special emphasis on its applications in the field of industrial and labor relations. The course examines the nature and sources of conflict in various areas of society and the role of negotiations, mediation, arbitration and fact-finding in the resolution of disputes.
Resolving Conflict
Conflict may have constructive or destructive consequences on individual or team performance. Acquire the ability to identify, confront, manage and resolve conflict.
Reporting Requirements Under the LMRDA
These offerings provide instruction for unions and employers on current regulations and reporting requirements under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.
Reinventing Your Career: The Practice and Profession of Dispute Resolution
Designed as the preliminary module, this program sets the foundation for building a viable career as a neutral. Throughout two days, we explore the nature of self-employment and development of your future practice, with the long-term goal of helping you to build a business plan that will launch your career.
Public Speaking for Labor Advocates
This workshop is designed to prepare union leaders and staff to speak with ease and confidence in any setting, whether during a meeting or delivering prepared speeches. This class will provide friendly support and concrete public speaking suggestions for every participant, from the inexperienced or shy to the accomplished speaker.
Privacy Rights in the Workplace
Topics addressed may include current issues and relevant law involving social media, credit and background checks, use of employment analytics, off-duty conduct, and other areas of privacy law.
Preparation for Collective Bargaining
Gain Strategies and Practical Skills for the Collective Bargaining Process with this 2-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR School Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Performance Management and Development
Maximize employee productivity through effective performance management by exploring every step of the performance management process. Learn to set objectives, deliver effective feedback and objectively evaluate performance to make the process a positive and engaging experience for both managers and employees.
Organizational Design: An Essential HR Capability
Better understand organizational design and how it fits within broader organizational development work. Hone consulting and analytical skills to strike a balance between a facilitative and expert role, and create alignment between components of the organization and the overall corporate framework.
Optimizing Pay for Performance and Managing Compensation Change
An organization's compensation philosophy centered on performance-based pay sends a message of accountability and establishes expectations for employees. But, the less prepared an organization is to manage this approach, the more difficult its execution will be. Understanding and knowing how these expectations will be rewarded plays a critical role in managing employee expectations. Throughout this process, it is essential to recognize the distinct values that different groups of employees place on compensation and how to best engage them while strengthening the pay and performance.
Occupational Safety and Health
Programs may cover federal, state, and local occupational health and safety regulations, as well as legislation and court decisions related to workplace health and safety and whistleblower cases.
Northwestern University and CAPA :The NLRB and College Football
The NLRB granted Northwestern University's request to review Regional Director Ohr's decision finding scholarship football players to be employees within the meaning of the NLRA. What will the Board's decision mean for the Brown, Boston Medical Center, and Specialty Healthcare decisions? This case has created national debate about how the student athletes as employees with the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining would affect them, college sports, the NCAA, Title IX, and higher education.
Multiemployer Pension Plans in Crisis:Is the Composite Plan the Answer?
Retirement security for workers is in danger. Defined benefit plans are fast becoming a thing of the past, and multiemployer plans are at risk, too. Given the re-emergence of withdrawal liability and new accounting disclosure rules that threaten employers' access to credit markets, a new innovative plan is needed.
Managing with Labor's Values - Parts 1 & 2
Can you be an effective manager while staying true to the values of the labor movement?
Managing with Labor's Values - Part 4 - Team Building/Diversity
Topics covered include motivating members of teams to work together productively, resolving disputes, making all members of the team feel included, understanding the complexities of different teams for different objective, cultural aspects of interactions within teams, assigning roles within teams and maintaining accountability, and recognizing team phases and the leadership behaviors needed for each.
Managing with Labor's Values - Part 3 - Accountability
This workshop shows positive ways to build staff accountability while avoiding "monitoring" or other methods unions oppose when used by the employers of their members. Topics discussed include creating system of accountability, keys steps towards building accountability work plans as basis for accountability, and holding accountability meeting.
Managing with Labor's Values - Part 2: Building Accountability
This workshop focuses on understanding different behavioral styles at work and how to adapt when conflicting styles cause misunderstandings, unproductive efforts, and impede progress on reaching goals. Featured topics include approaches/techniques for influencing behaviors, impact v. intent, finding yourself in results, expanding your sphere of influence and understanding behavioral styles to improve communication, cooperation. This is Part 2 of a workshop series on Managing With Labor's Values.
Managing With Labor's Values - Part 1: Helping Your Staff to Succeed
This workshop provides a good foundation for supervising and managing with labor's values. Topics covered include the role of a supervisor/manger in a union or social justice organization, system for getting and maintaining positive performance, time and stress management in changing times, system for delegating and coordinating group projects, and matching management style to the needs of staff.
Managing Change Successfully
Today's organizations must operate in a constant state of change in order to be successful. This requires leaders to embrace what can sometimes feel like chaos, and turn change into opportunity.
Legal Issues in the Workplace
Managers and HR practitioners are frequently exposed to employee issues that may have legal implications for their organization. This interactive workshop focuses on the legal issues associated with day-to-day employment decisions and actions with an emphasis on practical techniques to address issues in a legally sound manner.
Legacy of the Obama NLRB
Members and the General Counsel of the Obama NLRB, Regional Directors, and labor law attorneys (management and union sides) discuss the impact that the Board has had on the U.S. workplace.
Conference will provide up to 7.0 NYS CLEs - 6.0 Professional Practice and 1.0 Ethics.
Leadership Within Unions
Participants prepare themselves for assuming the responsibilities in their organization by developing skills and abilities required of union leaders. Strategic planning, decision making, developing a vision, styles of leadership, rank and file participation, communications, running effective meetings are among the topics to be considered.
Leadership Skills for Success
Master critical communication and management skills to effectively manage employees, establish priorities and delegate responsibilities. Gain the commitment of others and add value to your organization by being clear about the results you want to achieve, the environment you want to create, and how you will develop and deploy talent. Become an effective leader with the ability to build relationships and manage workplace communications in order to be heard and understood by others.
Latin American Professional Certificate Program in Workplace Negotiations
Escuela de Relaciones Industriales de la Universidad de Cornell y Littler Presentan:
Programa Latinoamericano de Certificación Profesional en Negociaciones en el Lugar de Trabajo
Día 1: Manejo de Conflictos en el Lugar de Trabajo
Días 2 a 3: Técnicas y Habilidades de Negociación
Labour Relations Law (Canada)
Whether you are involved in the collective bargaining process, the administration of a contract, or a certification campaign, it is necessary to understand the applicable federal/provincial Acts and their practical impact on the workplace. This workshop is accessible for both non-lawyers and lawyers and gives participants an op
Labor, Government and Politics
This course provides a survey of how the political process affects labor unions and the nature of government operations. It will discuss the ways that political lobbying, pressure groups and political parties impact labor unions' ability to advocate for their members and non-union working people.
Labor Relations Law
Whether you are involved in the collective bargaining process, the administration of a contract, or a certification campaign, it is necessary to understand the National Labor Relations Act and its practical impact on the workplace. This workshop is accessible for lawyers and non- lawyers alike, and gives participants an opportunity to understand a host of legal principles and considerations.
Labor Relations in the Public Sector
This course is designed to acquaint labor relations professionals, union members, union stewards and officers with a basic understanding of public sector labor relations.
Labor Relations in Changing Times
Managers in a unionized workplace are challenged to manage effectively within legal and contractual parameters. This workshop is a solid understanding of labor relations issues managers confront on a daily basis, including disciplinary situations and investigations. Case studies and interactive real-world training exercises provide the opportunity to put your newly acquired skills to work.
Labor Relations for Managers: Managing Effectively in a Unionized Environment
Managers in a unionized workplace are challenged to manage effectively within legal and contractual parameters. This workshop is a solid understanding of labor relations issues managers confront on a daily basis, including disciplinary situations and investigations.
Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program - Online
Ready to make a difference in your union, organization, or company? Want to discover how you can become more involved and understand your role at a deeper level? Earn your certificate and build essential leadership, negotiation and communication skills from your home or office with convenient online courses with a flexible schedule.
Labor Leadership Skills Certificate Program - Boot Camp
Ready to make a difference in your union, organization, or company? Want to discover how you can become more involved and understand your role at a deeper level? Challenge yourself in the Labor Leadership Skills Bootcamp four intensive, experiential days with research-based learning and real-world experience.
Labor Law
This workshop is specially designed to introduce union members and labor leaders to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) as it directly impacts union strategy, collective bargaining and contract administration. In addition to the primary provisions and principles of the NLRA, the workshop covers the new cases dealing with social media, small bargaining unit and joint employer cases .
Labor History
Labor History can be understood from the perspectives of both union history and the social, cultural, and political life of workers. To gain insights into labor's past, it is useful to explore not only union organizing, collective bargaining, and labor legislation, but also what workers thought, how they work and lived, and their impact of workers on the larger society.
Labor Explores The Arts
This course provides an introduction to the arts through reading, classroom discussion and field trips. Emphasis will be on the short story, poetry, dance, the theater, art, and music involving social commentary and connection with labor.
Labor and Film
This course will explore the telling of workers' and labor history through film. We will pay particular attention to the portrayal of workers as historical actors. We will look at whether workers' and their organizations are shown as actors and creators of their own history of victims of the forces of history.
Labor and Employment Arbitration Award Writing
Cornell University's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution is pleased to announce its 2015 Arbitration Award-Writing Workshop. This interactive program is primarily designed for arbitrators of labor and employment disputes who desire to strengthen their award-writing skills.
Joint Employers and Successorship: The NLRB Speaks
The NLRB issued two important and hotly debated decisions: Browning Ferris on joint employers and GVS Properties on successorship.
Investigation Tools and Techniques (Canada)
Given the legislative and general legal requirements involved in conducting workplace investigations, it is critical for investigators to understand the necessary components and techniques to ensure a balanced and thorough result. This interactive workshop provides valuable information and practical skills on how to conduct workplace investigations effectively and fairly.
Investigation Tools and Techniques
Learn Investigation Tools and Techniques in a Union Environment with This Full-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Introduction to Advanced Collective Bargaining Strategy (Canada)
This workshop provides an introduction to strategy and a framework for developing long term labour relations bargaining strategies. This includes a day on theory, strategic foundations, and preparation, and a day on applying this learning to collective bargaining planning and execution.
Internal Investigation Note-taking and Reports
Internal investigation notes, documentation, summaries and reports have come under heightened scrutiny. An investigation may be at risk if the supporting information and reports are not well written. Practice effective note-taking techniques while developing skills in writing fair, neutral reports that uphold findings. Prerequisite: CO231
Interest-Based Bargaining Strategies and Structures
Interest-based bargaining frames negotiation as joint problem solving to resolve each party's underlying issues, needs, and concerns.
Integrated Talent Management: Aligning Talent with Organizational Demands
Explore what it takes to build the next generation of leaders by examining leading practices that develop organizational talent. Learn processes for aligning talent strategies and desired business outcomes to effectively deploy talent.
Increasing Effectiveness at Arbitration (Canada)
Contractual or disciplinary disputes that cannot be resolved by the parties are ultimately tried and resolved in arbitration. Instructed by experienced arbitrators and advocates, this workshop is designed for those who need to develop a strategy for preparing or presenting evidence in a labour arbitration case.
Inclusive Diversity and Inclusion Talent Management
Infuse talent management, recruiting, on-boarding and retention with new ways to work, think and communicate. Broaden organizational context by leveraging the impact of applying a strategy for talent management. Recognize the impact of unconscious bias. Align business, talent management and D&I as a systemic process.
Human Resources and the Law
Gain insights on preventing, identifying and managing employee issues that have potential legal concerns. This comprehensive and interactive workshop includes up-to-date information on employment laws and cases defining employer-employee rights and obligations, and practical implications of laws in day-to-day HR operations (e.g., discrimination, compensation and benefits). Current legal issues are highlighted, including a module on social media and privacy.
HR Analytics: Telling Better HR Stories Through Data
Communicate the impact of HR by leveraging data and engaging executives and line managers in making informed human capital decisions. Identify key business drivers and translate them into metrics that show the relationship between productivity and profitability, as well as performance elements that drive employee engagement and satisfaction.
Harassment Prevention in the Workplace
For EEO/HR professionals and managers, prevention is the key to maintaining a productive workplace and avoiding illegal harassment on the job (sexual, racial, religious, ethnic, age, disability, etc.). This interactive workshop examines legal and policy concerns, and best practices for facilitating respect and dignity in the workplace.
Grievance Handling for Stewards
One of the primary duties of a union steward is dealing with alleged violations of the collective bargaining agreement. Come to this workshop to the difference between a complaint and a grievance, how to investigate a grievance, effective ways to interact with grievants, witnesses, and management, the importance of clear language and your legal rights and responsibilities.
Fundamentals of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Use this workshop's step-by-step process to launch, enhance or revitalize initiatives with thoughtful planning and sound methodology. Acquire key competencies, developmental models and best practices to assess, optimize and drive effectiveness and sustainability of change initiatives.
Fundamental Negotiation Skills
Learn the Fundamentals of Negotiating with this Two-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Finance, Compensation and Benefits for Collective Bargainers
Learn Finance, Compensation and Benefits for Collective Bargaining with This Three-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Facilitation Skills Training for Conflict Management
Learn Techniques for Workplace Conflict Resolution with this Facilitation Skills Training Led by Cornell ILR Experts. Approved for HCRI Credits. Register Now.
Facilitating Negotiations
Over the past twenty years, Cornell has worked in hundreds of collective bargaining and dispute resolution situations to facilitate the use of interest-based negotiation techniques. At this workshop, you will learn how to apply these facilitation techniques to structure and guide interest-based dispute resolution processes in commercial and employment settings.
Exempt or Non-Exempt: The New USDOL Regulations
The USDOL has issued its long awaited overtime rules, which will make an estimated 5 million Americans eligible for overtime pay.
Executive Compensation, and Key Talent and Superstar Pay for Performance
Executive compensation and superstar pay have become increasing controversial in recent years. Truly understanding the basics of compensating executives, key talent and superstars is key to re-thinking how to align performance, strategy and pay for "must-retain" employees and organizational leaders.
Evaluating Performance-Based Compensation Programs: Tools and Techniques
Explore quantitative and non-quantitative tools and techniques for assessing performance pay through a variety of lenses. Consider performance pay through multiple human resource and financial metrics that quantify returns to the organization from a performance-based pay system.
Ethics in the Workplace
Ethical dilemmas inevitably arise in the process of providing leadership. The causes of ethical tensions within unions and in the larger labor movement will be explored in this course through readings about democracy, ethical theory, union history and structure, and organizational values.
Ethics in ADR
Learn Techniques to Avoid and Address Sticky Ethical Situations in ADR with this 2-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR Experts in Midtown NYC. Register Now.
Ethics and Witnesses: Avoiding Impermissible Coaching
This program will explore a variety of ethical issues called into play in witness preparation, including the line between permissible preparation and impermissible coaching, dealing with false testimony, ex parte contact with adverse witnesses (including, through the use of social media) and advising your witnesses with respect to contact by
Ethics and Witnesses
Avoiding Impermissible Coaching, Ex Parte Communications, and Dealing with False Testimony
Do you know the difference between improper coaching and appropriately preparing your witnesses? Where is the line between zealous advocacy and unethical behavior? What is the impact of social media? What are your obligations when a witness provides false testimony?
Essentials of Human Resources
Examine ideas to work more effectively with client groups and understand HR's growing role in driving performance and productivity. Gain insights into applying competencies to optimize HR practices, influence business results and transfer learning to the workplace through case studies and group activities.
Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives with Change Management Strategies
Organizations need to continuously assess their D&I initiatives and ensure they align with their mission. Learn new change management strategies used by successful businesses and practice relevant skills for engaging employees. Leave with a toolkit that includes an audit to assess engagement, self-assessment techniques to improve individual contribution, and a follow-up action plan to revitalize an organization's D&I initiatives.
Employment Law: Representing Union Members on the Job
This workshop is designed to introduce students to Anti-discrimination laws (Title VII. ADEA, ADA) OSHA, Wage and Hour laws in the context of representing and organizing workers.
Employment Law for Arbitrators, Mediators and HR Professionals
This course will provide a basic overview of employment law, focusing on the most significant laws and legal principles that may surface during an employment dispute.
Employment Law and Workplace Mediation Training
Become a Qualified Workplace Mediator with this Intensive 5-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR School Experts in Midtown NYC. CLE Credits Awarded. Register Now.
Employment Law
In this course students will examine both federal and state laws governing public and private sector workplaces and will use examples from a number of industries such as manufacturing and construction. The focus will be on the practical application of laws and their impact on the workplace and American society.
Employment Arbitrator Training
Effectively Arbitrate Both Statutory and Contractual Employment Claims with this 2-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR Experts in Midtown NYC. Register Now.
Employee Internal Investigations: Part I
Part I: Learn a step-by-step approach for conducting investigations and developing resolutions. Topics include: investigator's role, interviewing, managing emotional employees, confidentiality, information-gathering techniques, when to involve an attorney, and identifying outcomes. Prerequisite: CO100, CO111 or CO353
Emotional Intelligence: An Edge for Leaders
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to harness emotions in sensing, understanding and responding adeptly to social cues in the surrounding environment. Use EI to make pivotal decisions, plan projects and initiatives, solve problems, interact with clients, set performance expectations, communicate feedback and interact with colleagues of all levels. Develop and enhance EI competencies to achieve higher performance.
Emerging Trends: Recalibrating Diversity and Inclusion
Recognize the shifting demographics, technology and globalization that are changing business needs. Identify key trends and understand their implications on the workforce, workplace and marketplace. Broaden and examine the implications for re-energizing, driving and sustaining D&I initiatives in the face of multiple generations at work, new conversations on religion, race and multiple identities, cultural competence and other emerging issues.
Effectiveness in Arbitration
Learn Advocacy in Labor Arbitration with This Two-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Effective Presentations
It will come as no surprise to some of you that the number one fear among Americans is the fear of public speaking. Many of us had to overcome the panic attacks, sleeplessness, and sense of dread that can be caused by the prospect of speaking in front of groups. This workshop is designed to help participants overcome fear so that they can reach their potential as activists and leaders.
Effective Preparation for Arbitration
This is a hands-on workshop for those with some familiarity with arbitration, either in the classroom or in practice. Participants will leave with a heightened understanding of the arbitration process and the skills they need to serve as effective advocates in arbitration hearings. This is a repeat performance of a session last offered in 2010.
Effective Interviewing
Enhance the necessary interpersonal skills that ultimately impact the quantity, quality and reliability of the information that interviewers obtain from candidates. Discuss the importance of these skills throughout the interviewing process while exploring their impact from the initial screening interview to extending an offer of employment.
Effective Grievance Handling: From Step One to Arbitration
Develop the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to promote productive, efficient and successful handling of grievances, ensuring management is gaining maximum benefit from the process.
Effective Employee Resource Groups
ERGs and affinity groups have evolved in the workplace as a standard component of D&I initiatives to impact organizational goals while developing leaders and addressing concerns of constituents with shared interests. Examine characteristics of high-functioning ERGs as well as leading practices in group formation and operation.
Effective Employee Relations
Examine proactive initiatives and policy implementation that guide successful ER. Learn techniques for conducting effective conversations and managing performance issues. Practice communication skills and explore working styles and sources of conflict.
Effective Employee Discipline (Canada)
Your disciplinary decisions are subject to rigorous scrutiny. As a result, anyone involved in formulating or implementing disciplinary decisions must have command of the principles of progressive discipline as well as a solid understanding of the best practices for administering discipline. At this workshop, experienced arbitrators and labour relations professionals will provide you with practical knowledge and insight about the discipline process.
Effective Employee Discipline
Learn Effective Employee Discipline in a Union Environment with this Two-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Effective Diversity and Inclusion Councils
Position D&I councils for successful impact in your organization with this workshop's integrated approach. Apply best practices for the formulation and operation of councils and understand the core competencies needed for positive impact.
Effective Communication Skills
For anyone who wants to improve oral presentation skills through instruction and practice in a supportive environment. Overcome reluctance to speak in public, analyze and understand your audience for maximum effectiveness, gain tools to organize your thoughts for a more effective/powerful presentation.
Effective Communication (online)
For anyone who wants to improve oral presentation skills through instruction and practice in a supportive environment. Overcome reluctance to speak in public, analyze and understand your audience for maximum effectiveness, gain tools to organize your thoughts for a more effective/powerful presentation.
Effective Communication
For anyone who wants to improve oral presentation skills through instruction and practice in a supportive environment. Overcome reluctance to speak in public, analyze and understand your audience for maximum effectiveness, gain tools to organize your thoughts for a more effective/powerful presentation.
Effective Collective Bargaining: Preparation and Negotiations (Canada)
This workshop focuses on both preparing a bargaining and negotiating strategy as well as executing "at the table" tools, tactics and techniques to reach an agreement using small group exercises and a full day collective bargaining simulation to hone skills learned during the workshop.
Effective Collective Bargaining Skills and Strategies
Designed as a continuum of LR201, Preparation for Collective Bargaining, participants will formulate a negotiation strategy and learn "at-the-table" best practices. Participants develop negotiation skills by participating in a full-day bargaining simulation.
Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training
Enhance critical skills for designing and implementing D&I training to ensure that management and employees have an experience that raises awareness, changes behaviors and does not reinforce stereotypes or biases. Acquire techniques, models and ideas to drive diversity messages across an organization.
Discussion with Richard Griffin, General Counsel, NLRB
Richard Griffin, the General Counsel of the NLRB, spoke before a live audience of labor lawyers on December 13, 2013. This course is based on a recording of that session and interviews with the speakers. Discussed are Griffin's priorities and possible future initiatives, his thoughts on inability-to-pay vs. "we don't want to pay" cases, what that means to the parties, and what management's responsibilities are.
Developing and Managing an Effective Supplier Diversity Program
Supplier diversity strategies and programs allow many organizations to gain a competitive advantage. Learn how organizations have approached, designed and implemented supplier diversity in effort to build positive supplier diversity relationships, comply with government regulations, as well as measure and track success to realize business goals.
Cross Cultural Communication Training
This program provides a unique and detailed examination of the role that culture plays in conflict and conflict resolution. Mediators and other ADR professionals will analyze and attempt to resolve complex, multi-layered problems in this intensive hands-on workshop. Professor Ilhyung Lee, one of America's foremost experts on the subject of cross cultural issues, will serve as lead instructor for the program.
Costing the Contract
Learn the Essentials of Labor Contract Costing with This Two-Day Workshop Led by Cornell ILR Experts in NYC. Register Now.
Costing Out the Contract
This is a practical, how-to-workshop to give union negotiators and bargaining committee members the skills they need to prepare for contract negotiations. Exercises are used throughout the workshop to illustrate how to calculate the projected costs of an agreement.
Costing Out a Contract (online)
This is a practical, how-to-workshop to give union negotiators and bargaining committee members the skills they need to prepare for contract negotiations. Exercises are used throughout the workshop to illustrate how to calculate the projected costs of an agreement.
Costing Out a Contract
This is a practical, how-to-workshop to give union negotiators and bargaining committee members the skills they need to prepare for contract negotiations. Exercises are used throughout the workshop to illustrate how to calculate the projected costs of an agreement.
Contract Language and Interpretation (Canada)
Whether they are administering contract language or proposing language at the bargaining table, this workshop is designed to provide labour relations practitioners with a solid, practical understanding of what contract language means and how it will likely be interpreted by an arbitrator in the event of a contract language dispute.
Contract Language and Interpretation
Whether you are administering contract language or proposing it at the bargaining table, this workshop is designed to instruct labor relations practitioners on how contract language and past practices may be interpreted by an arbitrator.
Contract Administration
The contract lies at the center of day-to-day union practice. The interpretation and enforcement of contract language depends on the union representative. Students will discuss how to resolve problems that are contract-based by effectively utilizing grievance procedures. Class participants will learn how to creatively harness the energy of union members themselves to build the local union and address workplace issues.
Contemporary Labor Issues
The focus of this course is two-fold: on the one hand, to discuss the revitalization of the labor movement and, on the other, to examine the context in which this revitalization must occur. Among the topics discussed are the changing nature of work; the state of American unions; the globalization of business and labor; tensions between private and public sector.
Conflict Resolution Strategies for the Workplace
Design and Enact Conflict Resolution Strategies for the Workplace with this 2-Day Training Led by Cornell ILR Experts in Midtown NYC. Register Now.
Conflict Resolution
This tools-building workshop is designed as an introduction to dispute resolution theory with special emphasis on interest-based problem-solving. The workshop will utilize role plays, exercises, case studies and other tools to allow participants to practice what we teach. Special emphasis will be given to developing strategies to resolve conflicts at work (even with difficult people) without losing control.
Competencies to Advance Diversity and Inclusion Strategies
Assess key D&I competencies that drive business imperatives to ensure alignment with the vision and mission. Learn strategies used by successful organizations and practice relevant skills for engaging employees. Leave with a toolkit of competencies that include a focus on influencing styles and techniques to impact individual contributions and determine a follow-up action plan to sustain and evolve D&I initiatives.
Communications in Organizing
This 7-week class is designed to provide union officers, staff, and activists with the communications strategies and techniques to wage effective campaigns to organize non-union workers.
Collective Bargaining for Union Activists
This introductory-level workshop is designed to develop the skills of union negotiators who do not have extensive experience in advancing a collective bargaining strategy and in conducting face-to-face negotiations at the bargaining table
Collective Bargaining
This course examines the principles of contract bargaining including bargaining environments and structures as well as standards used in negotiations. Students will learn to prepare bargaining demands, cost economic items, draft non-economic language, negotiate economic and non-economic issues, and resolve a bargaining impasse. Discussion will consider the impact of bargaining outcomes on workers, unions, employers, and the public.
Coaching for Performance and Potential
Establish an engaging coaching relationship to improve performance and grow talent by encouraging your team to perform at its best. Gain an understanding of when coaching is needed and practice using a coaching model to facilitate an effective coaching conversation. Review various theories for changing behavior and applying different strategies. Examine important coaching elements such as, setting clear and actionable goals, formulating a development plan, and dealing with conversational conflict.
Building Successful Teams and Team Leaders
Build awareness and skill in the areas of team dynamics, group problem solving and decision making. Explore the structural and behavioral dimensions of building and leading an effective team. Learn techniques suited for self-directed work teams, interdepartmental project teams and other group situations where combined efforts are needed to reach optimal performance levels.
Building Effective Unions: Motivating and Organizing Union Members
In this course students will examine the history of workers' efforts to form and join unions and the development of the legal framework within which contemporary organizing typically occurs. New methods of organizing that consider the political, social, and economic environments will be explored along with the various factors that influence workers' willingness to join unions.
Beyond Base Pay - Using Incentives to Drive Performance
As the pressure to "do more with less" increases, many organizations are searching for ways to more efficiently utilize compensation budgets to achieve their strategic goals. Directly linking pay to performance is a key solution currently being discussed. Understanding how to link pay to performance, creating an appropriate compensation philosophy, and knowing what types of incentive pay are most effective for which groups of employees are critical to the successful incentive and merit pay programs.
Becoming a Mediator: The Business Plan
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A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books clobbered the New York-to-Boston corridor Friday and early this morning.
While 1 to 3 feet of snow were expected in some areas, the National?Weather Service did not expect Fulton,?Montgomery and southern Hamilton counties to get hit nearly as hard.
Neil Stuart, meteorologist with the service's Albany office, said the storm was expected to dump 8 to 10 inches of snow in the local area.
"The worst of the storm [should] be over in New England," Stuart said.
From New Jersey to Maine, shoppers crowded into supermarkets and hardware stores to buy food, snow shovels, flashlights and generators.
Starr VanAndan, an employee at the Stewart's Shops location in Perth, said many people came in Thursday night and cleared the store out of bread, eggs and milk before the storm.
Austin Dlugas, another employee, said Friday customers had "just been coming in non-stop."
Across the Northeast, people gassed up their cars, a lesson some learned all too well after Sandy.
Dan Barcomb, a truck driver delivering gas to the Stewart's Shops in Perth on?Friday, said the roads were not bad for most of the day.
However, he said the next shift of drivers might not make any deliveries due to the storm.
"This is something you don't play games with," Barcomb said, gesturing to the fuel tank on the back of his semi-truck.
Halfway through what had been a mild winter across the Northeast, blizzard warnings were posted from parts of New Jersey to Maine. The National Weather Service said Boston could get close to 3 feet of snow by this evening, while most of Rhode Island could receive more than 2 feet. Connecticut was bracing for 2 feet, and New York City was expecting as much as 14 inches.
Early snowfall was blamed for a 19-car pileup in Cumberland, Maine, that caused minor injuries.
Snowfall was light for most of the daytime Friday in Fulton and Montgomery counties.
However, road conditions on County Highway 107 in Perth played a part in an accident where a driver slid off the road and hit a tree, according to Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Rob Rowe.
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Sgt. Matthew Stiltz, 26, was killed one week ago Monday, when his unit was attacked by insurgents.
His body is scheduled to arrive at Spokane International Airport at 9:40 a.m. Monday.
Stiltz was a 2005 graduate of Shadle Park High School and deployed in Zerok, Afghanistan with the Army's first infantry division out of Fort Riley, Kan.
He leaves behind a wife, Brooke, of three years.
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Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday officially disclosed the first details about its next-generation graphics processor, which was previously known as G300, GT300 or NV60 code-names. Apparently, the new family of chips is called Fermi and it is architected to provide rather massive computing power in general-purpose applications. Unfortunately, the company did not say when its next-generation graphics chips hit the market.
"It is completely clear that GPUs are now general purpose parallel computing processors with amazing graphics, and not just graphics chips anymore. The Fermi architecture, the integrated tools, libraries and engines are the direct results of the insights we have gained from working with thousands of CUDA developers around the world. We will look back in the coming years and see that Fermi started the new GPU industry," said Jen-Hsun Huang, the chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp.
The flagship Fermi graphics processor will feature 512 stream processing engines (which are organized as 16 streaming multi-processors with 32 cores in each) that support a type of multi-threading technology to maximize utilization of cores. Each stream processor has a fully pipelined integer arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and floating point unit (FPU). The top-of-the-range chip contains 3 billion of transistors, features 384-bit memory GDDR5 memory controller with ECC and features rather unprecedented 768KB unified level-two cache as well as rather complex cache hierarchy in general. Naturally, the Fermi family is compatible with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.x and OpenCL 1.x application programming interfaces (APIs). The new chips will be made using 40nm process technology at TSMC.
Prior Nvidia GPUs used IEEE 754-1985 floating point arithmetic. The Fermi architecture implements the new IEEE 754-2008 floating-point standard, providing the fused multiply-add (FMA) instruction for both single and double precision arithmetic, which improves upon multiply-add (MAD) by retaining full precision in the intermediate stage. According to Nvidia, the top-of-the-line Fermi chip can process up to 512 FMA operations per clock with single precision floating point or 256 FMA operations per clock with double precision floating point. As a result, the new chip can be up to 8.5 times faster compared to the predecessor, the GeForce GTX 200-series in terms of double precision processing at the same clock-speed. Peak single precision floating point throughput of the Fermi-GT300 could be higher than 2.13TFLOPs (provided that it can work at the same clock speed with the GeForce GTX 285, roughly 650MHz).
For Nvidia the Fermi family of graphics processors is much more than a new lineup of chips. The firm claims that its new GPUs are tailored for general-purpose computing, which is why they feature massive amount of cache, extreme amount of executed threads, IEEE 754-2008 floating-point standard and so on.
"Nvidia and the Fermi team have taken a giant step towards making GPUs attractive for a broader class of programs. I believe history will record Fermi as a significant milestone." said Dave Patterson, director Parallel Computing Research Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley and co-author of Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach.
Nvidia did not unveil any actual configurations of graphics processors based on Fermi architecture. Besides, the company did not reveal when such graphics cards are set to hit the market.
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Bob Dylan didn't go into hybernation, this is why he is #1, to put Brian Wilson at #2 would be a slap in the face to all the songwriters that kept producing good-great material from the 60's-present.
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In a letter just released at 6 p.m. today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged the Senate to make essential changes in its health care reform bill in order to keep in place federal law on abortion funding and conscience protection on abortion, protect access to health care for immigrants and include strong provisions for adequate affordability. Read the letter here.
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August 18, 2008
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The U.S. Attorney's Office says it will seek the death penalty for a member of the Aryan Brotherhood who is charged with fatally shooting a 71-year-old rancher in Roosevelt County.
Donald Taylor is charged with murder for allegedly firing a shot into the home of Jimmy "Bo" Chunn of Causey on July 4, 2005, according to the Albuquerque Journal in a copyright story Sunday.
He was one of 19 Aryan Brotherhood members and associates charged last year in three separate indictments involving a wide range of crimes. He's the only one facing the federal death penalty.
Taylor, according to federal court documents, agreed to kill Chun in exchange for anhydrous ammonia, an ingredient used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
During the investigation following the shooting, William "Billy" Joe Watson of Roosevelt County, records show, led federal agents to 850 gallons of anhydrous ammonia he had purchased to give to Taylor.
Watson, 44, was indicted in district court in June on charges of accessory to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory to attempted manufacturing of methamphetamine.
U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt said Taylor is a perfect candidate for the federal death penalty because he has the "rare combination of past acts and future danger for which the death penalty is the proper measure of justice."
Taylor also faces charges of conspiracy to commit methamphetamine manufacturing and being a felon in possession of firearms charges.
Taylor's attorney Brian Pori said he's outraged that the federal government singled out his client.
Taylor, a low-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood, started sniffing gasoline at age 9 and doesn't make good decisions, Pori said.


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House of Commons Hansard #109 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was farmers.
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Luc Malo Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to thank my colleague from West Nova who noted my new haircut and also that it was not a moment of madness that led me to shave off all my locks, but a heartfelt gesture in support of children suffering from cancer. Together with 7,300 other participants who shaved their heads, we managed to raise $3,800,000, which will give hope to these children.
With regard to his question on natural health products, at present, there is a great deal of confusion. People are wondering whether the new regulations will contradict the Natural Health Products Regulations. It will be very important for the minister to be clear about this when the bill is studied in more detail in committee. We must allow Canadians to address the committee and we must work together to shed light on the matter and to ensure that all legislation is respected and that people are safely able to use the products they currently turn to.
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Bill Siksay Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments made by the member and also congratulate him on his support for children with cancer.
He went through many of the problems with the bill and mentioned many of the reasons why I, personally, do not support the legislation and why the NDP caucus is not supporting it either.
I want to raise particularly the question about natural health products and Chinese traditional medicine, which is very important to people in my riding. It is a long and distinguished tradition, maybe even longer than western medicine, yet it seems to be compromised by this legislation.
I wonder if the hon. member could comment as well on that issue and the fact that even the Conservatives now seem to realize that there are very serious flaws with this legislation, necessitating amendments at this particular stage in the process.
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The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau
I must inform the hon. member for Verchères—Les Patriotes that he has 30 seconds to comment.
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Luc Malo Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Speaker, I will try to wrap it up in under 30 seconds. I already touched on this subject in answer to the question from the hon. member for West Nova.
The hon. member for Burnaby—Douglas is quite right. We must ensure that natural health products are governed by a code, a law, but we must also ensure that the bill before us does not interfere with the law in place and that all citizens will be able to use those products that—
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The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau
The hon. member for Burnaby—Douglas.
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Bill Siksay Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to at least begin to address the issue of Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act.
There are very important issues raised in this legislation. It is not the first time a government in Canada in recent years has tried to change this legislation. In fact, this is about the fifth time in recent years and there has never been great success in overhauling this legislation.
It appears that the current government is facing the same kinds of problems. We now hear that even the Conservatives are proposing major amendments to their own legislation given the public outcry about it.
There are many serious problems with this legislation, things like the provision for direct to consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals. We have seen that this bill may open that door. We also know the American experience that many of us have some exposure to. We are concerned that that might increase costs to consumers. How will this affect the appropriate proscribing of drugs in Canada and how will it really contribute to the skyrocketing cost of drugs in Canada in our medical system?
There is also concern about progressive licensing and changes to the drug approval process. We have seen this aspect of our drug safety measures chipped away at over the years. In fact, the disappearance almost 10 years ago of the only drug lab that did the necessary kinds of testing, and post-market testing and surveillance is important to any drug and therapeutic product regime. That is another problem.
While we are concerned in this corner that the changes in this legislation may open the door to the kind of harmonization that is taking place under the security and prosperity partnership agenda, we are also concerned that there is too much ministerial discretion and too much regulatory discretion provided for in this legislation. We do not see that as appropriate either.
Like most members, I have heard from many--
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The Acting Speaker Royal Galipeau
Order. I regret that I must interrupt the hon. member for Burnaby—Douglas. When we return to the study of Bill C-51, there will be eight minutes left.
We will now have statements by members under Standing Order 31. The hon. member for Lethbridge has the floor.
Canadian Forces
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2 p.m.
Rick Casson Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, June 2 marked 11 years since the election of myself and the rest of the class of '97. Reflecting on those years, I realize how fortunate I have been to represent the great people of southern Alberta and the tremendous opportunities I have had while performing those duties.
None of these opportunities can compare to have been able to associate with our men and women serving in the Canadian Forces. Two weeks ago, as chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence, I and ten of my colleagues had the opportunity to visit Afghanistan for the second time.
It was truly an inspiration to witness the courage and dedication of our men and women as they carry out the mission that has been assigned to them. I witnessed the focused determination of personnel, both civilian and military, as they continue to do what needs to be done in a country ravaged by war. The progress they have made in the 16 months since our last visit is remarkable.
Though it will take time to sort out the complex problems that still exist in Afghanistan, those proudly wearing the maple leaf on their shoulders and carrying it in their hearts continue to be leaders in rebuilding Afghanistan.
Portuguese Canadians
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2 p.m.
Mario Silva Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, today, June 10, is Portugal Day, a day we celebrate the great poet, Luis Vaz de Camoes, and also when we honour the contributions made by Portuguese Canadians in Canada and a relationship that dates back centuries.
Among the notables in this history are Gasper Corte Real, who in the 15th century discovered Conception Bay, or Pedro da Silva, who in 1705 was commissioned as the "first courier" in New France.
We also honour those on Canada's west coast like Portuguese pioneer, Jose Silva, also known as Joe Silvey, who braved enormous challenges in the late 1800s to become the first British Canadian citizen of Portuguese origin, and the first known European to marry an aboriginal. He also introduced net fishing along the west coast and opened Vancouver's first bistro known as "The Hole in the Wall".
In 2003 Portuguese Canadians celebrated the 50th anniversary of official immigration to Canada when vibrant neighbourhoods developed in places like Portugal Village in Toronto.
Today, we recognize people like Bill Moniz, who works tirelessly to document Portuguese history in Canada or groups like ACAPO, who organize Portugal Day parades in Toronto each year that draw over 300,000 people.
As the first Portuguese Canadian member of Parliament, it is my honour to ask that all members of the House join with me in honouring Luis Vaz de Camoes and in celebrating Portugal Day.
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June 10th, 2008 / 2 p.m.
Robert Bouchard Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, this Thursday, members of the House of Commons will have an opportunity to vote on Bill C-207 at report stage from the Standing Committee on Finance. I introduced this bill in 2006.
Since then, a number of individuals and organizations have expressed their approval for a tax credit for new graduates working in designated regions. Some 60 municipalities, RCMs, youth forums, educational institutions, youth employment centres and chambers of commerce have decided to support Bill C-207.
New graduates working in Haute-Mauricie, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the upper Laurentians, the North Shore, Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean and northern Quebec would be entitled to a maximum tax credit of $8,000.
We need measures to stop youth out-migration and promote the retention of skilled workers in economically depressed regions. Bill C-207 meets that need.
Phone Companies
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2 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are owed hundreds of millions of dollars by land line phone companies as a result of overcharges and the money has been placed in so-called deferral accounts. But Canadians have yet to have their money refunded due to the actions of the former monopoly Bell Canada.
The CRTC has ordered that the funds be returned to those who it rightfully belongs, namely, consumers. Instead, the phone companies took the CRTC to court and lost. But instead of complying with the Federal Appeals Court decision, Bell Canada, in an attempt to fleece its own customers, has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court delaying the rebate for possibly two years.
What is truly outrageous is that Bell Canada is claiming in its appeal that the deferral accounts do not exist and the CRTC does not have the power to order the refund.
A monumental hijacking of Canadian consumers must be put to an end. Bell Canada should withdraw its appeal to the Supreme Court immediately and issue the refunds to its customers now. What have the Conservatives done during this time? They have cut Bell's corporate taxes and rewarded it. Shame.
Myra Canyon
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2 p.m.
Ron Cannan Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, in September 2003 the Okanagan Mountain Park wildfires entered the Myra Canyon and destroyed 12 wooden trestles and damaged two steel trestles on the historic Kettle Valley Railway, part of the Trans-Canada Trail.
It gives me great pleasure to inform the House that, as a result of the cooperation of all levels of government and the help of many fine citizens, the trestles over Myra Canyon have risen from the ashes and have been rebuilt to historical specifications using British Columbia wood and labour.
On June 22, the Myra Canyon trestles will officially open to the public who will once again have a chance to step back in time and view the valley from a truly historic vantage point.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite all Canadians to come to the Okanagan this summer, visit our orchards and vineyards, travel over Canada's only floating bridge, the new William R. Bennett Bridge, but most of all, walk or cycle the trestles and breath in the history of this memorable Canadian heritage site located right above Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Joe Volpe Eglinton—Lawrence, ON
Mr. Speaker, until yesterday, the government said that it needed Bill C-50 to secure skilled workers for our country.
Will it now start by addressing the issue of undocumented workers? They number over 200,000, many of them Portuguese. They possess proven and needed skills. Most of them have been here for more than three years. They are already integrated, the certification of their credentials already verified by their employers. An architecture for providing them with permanent residency was already put in place by the previous government, along with the money to get it done.
The current government has squandered two and a half years of opportunity, doing nothing. Meanwhile workers, crucial to our economic development, are prevented from making a contribution and getting on with their lives. They languish in uncertainty.
The government has the money and now it has the legislative authority. Does it have the political will to do the right thing and land these undocumented workers now?
The Environment
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2:05 p.m.
Joe Preston Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday Canadians had another opportunity to peer behind the weasel words and political trickery being used by the Liberals to conceal their planned permanent new carbon tax.
Appearing on national television, two senior Liberal MPs could not even keep their stories straight over the course of a single half hour. At 5:02 p.m. the member for Halton, the Liberal leader's senior communications adviser, called the secret plan a carbon tax and confessed to the fact that the plan was a tax after all.
Less than 20 minutes later, the member for Richmond Hill anxiously performed damage control, saying "there is no carbon tax" at all.
Tax, no tax, a kind of tax, a hidden tax, tax shifts, carbon tax, green shifts, every day there is a different label, a different excuse, a different trick.
When Canadians hear politicians weaseling about the wording of a tax, they better hold on to their wallets. The Liberal leader is hoping to pull the wool over the eyes of Canadians, but they will not be tricked.
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2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to highlight the visit of Michelle Bachelet, the Chilean president, to Quebec City. It is a huge honour for all Quebeckers to host the first woman to be elected a president in Latin America.
She is also the first head of state of a foreign country to visit Quebec as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of Quebec City, the birthplace of the Quebec nation.
During her visit, she will meet with the Premier of Quebec and the Speaker of the National Assembly, before giving a speech in the Legislative Council Chamber. She will also unveil a commemorative text at the equestrian statue of Bernardo O'Higgins in the Parc de l'Amérique-Latine.
On behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Ms. Bachelet. I hope she enjoys her time in Quebec.


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December 3, 2012
Louisville Metro Government was recognized on October 25 by The U.S. Conference of Mayors sponsored purchasing cooperative, U.S. Communities, with the U.S. Communities Customer Appreciation Award-The Power of Thank You. The award acknowledged the work of Sheryl Powell and her department in purchasing best practices. Of the 55,000 public entities that work with U.S. Communities, only 30 purchasing officials have been presented with this award.
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