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ATU Canada endeavours to research and produce documents
on a variety of topics for lobbying efforts and for the
use of our members. These documents include pamphlets
on the right to refuse work and PIPEDA, briefs of presentations
to government committees, gas tax deals for each province,
press releases, Canada’s Human Rights Act and more.
Below you will find a table with a list of our Resources
and Publications available to you.
Assault Surveys
Briefs to Standing Committees
Gas Tax Deals
Transfer of Funds from $800 million NDP Amendment 2005
Legislative Acts, Guides and Updates
ATU Canada Newsletters
Pamphlets
Policies
Press Releases
Media (Audio and Video Clips)
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Assault Surveys |
| Local 741, London 2003 |
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| National Operator Assault Survey 2005 |
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Briefs to Standing Committees |
| Tax Exempt Transit Benefits Brief |
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| Canadian Labour Code Brief |
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New Deal for Cities and Communities (Gas Tax) Deals |
| The following pdfs comprise
all of the deals signed under the New Deal for Cities and
Communities program as of August 10th, 2006. Some of
them, such as Quebec’s for example, will also
contain references to the distribution of the $800
million from the NDP Budget Amendment. Others do not.
The New Deal for Cities
and Communities funding is distributed on a per
capita basis. |
Eligible Public
Transit Projects as Specified in all of the New Deal for
Cities and Communities Documents: |
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- Rapid Transit: tangible capital assets and
rolling stock (includes heavy rail additions,
subways, ferries, transit stations, park and
grade separated bus lanes and rail lines);
- Transit Buses: bus rolling stock, transit bus
stations;
- Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and Transit
Priority Capital Investments;
- ITS technologies to improve transit priority
signaling, passenger traffic information and
transit operations;
- Capital investments, such as transit
queue-jumpers and Vehicle (HOV) lanes
- Para transit: rolling stock, fixed capital assets
and systems
- Related capital infrastructure: bus loading bays,
road rehabilitation bus-only lanes.
- Active transportation infrastructure (e.g., bike
lanes).
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| Province/Territory |
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Amount |
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| Alberta |
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$476.9 million |
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| British Columbia |
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$635.6 million |
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| Manitoba |
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$167.25 million |
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| New Brunswick |
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$116.06 million |
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Newfoundland
& Labrador
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$82.25 million |
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| Northwest Territories |
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$37.5 million |
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| Nova Scotia |
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$145.16 million |
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| Nunavut |
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$37.5 million |
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| Ontario |
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$1865.5 million |
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| Prince Edward Island |
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$37.5 million |
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Quebec - English
Quebec - Francais |
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$1339.87 million |
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| Saskatchewan |
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$147.73 million |
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| Yukon |
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$2.625 million |
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Transfer of Funds for Public Transit (NDP Bill C-48 2005)
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| The following lists the amounts of funding that these provinces or territories will receive from the $800
million from the NDP Budget Amendment, Bill C-48. Funds will be used to refurbish and replace fleets, upgrade and refurbish terminals and garages, invest in new light rail, subway and bus rapid transit systems, replace and rehabilitate tunnels, stations and other structures, and utilize new intelligent transportation systems designed to improve services for both passengers and operators. The Bill C-48 NDP Budget Amendment
funding is distributed solely for public transit on the basis
of ridership. |
| Province/Territory |
Amount |
Percent |
| Alberta |
$80,181,805 |
10.02% |
| British Columbia |
$105,086,019 |
13.14% |
| Manitoba |
$29,306,589 |
3.66% |
| Newfoundland & Labrador |
$12,946,686 |
1.62% |
| New Brunswick |
$18,816,518 |
2.35% |
| Nova Scotia |
$23,464,303 |
2.93% |
| Northwest Territories |
$1,071,795 |
.13% |
| Nunavut |
$741,242 |
.09% |
| Ontario |
$310,337,315 |
38.79% |
| Prince Edward Island |
$3,453,284 |
.43% |
| Quebec |
$188,886,385 |
23.61% |
| Saskatchewan |
$12,463,376 |
3.12% |
| Yukon |
$390,654 |
.10% |
| TOTAL |
$800,000,000 |
100% |
Legislative Acts, Guides and Updates |
Legislation being Considered
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| Legislative Updates March 2008 |
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Federal Legislation
Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations |
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Alberta's guide to the new Hours of Service Regs |
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British Columbia's guide to the new Hours of Service Regs |
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CCMTA Application guide to the new Hours of Service Regs |
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Drug Testing and the Privacy Act |
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Canadian Human Rights Act |
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Criminal Code of Canada Assault Self Defence Definitions |
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Provincial Legislation
Ontario Bill 211-Mandatory Retirement |
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| Bill 211 and Mandatory Retirement Fact Sheet |
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| Ontario Gasoline Tax Act Amended 2005 |
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| Ontario Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Act 2006 |
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| Saskatchewan Bill-102 Mandatory Blood Testing Act |
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ATU Canada Newsletters |
| February 2007 Newsletter |
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| January 2007 Newsletter |
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| December 2006 Newsletter |
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| November 2006 Newsletter |
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| October 2006 Newsletter |
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| September 2006 Newsletter |
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| August 2006 Newsletter |
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| July 2006 Newsletter |
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| June 2006 Newsletter |
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| May 2006 Newsletter |
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| April 2006 Newsletter |
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| March 2006 Newsletter |
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| February 2006 Newsletter |
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Pamphlets |
| A Better Life for School Bus Workers |
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| PIPEDA |
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| Right to Refuse Unsafe Work |
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Policies |
| Kyoto Policy |
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Press Releases |
| September 11th, 2006 |
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| May 17th, 2006 |
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| March 15th, 2006 |
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| March 13th, 2006 |
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| March 8th, 2006 |
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| January 25th, 2006 |
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| January 16th, 2006 |
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| October 17th, 2005 |
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| October 5th, 2005 |
HTML Document |
| August 10th, 2005 |
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| August 2, 2005 |
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| July 29, 2005 |
HTML Document |
| June 25th, 2005 |
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| June 2nd, 2005 |
HTML Document |
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Media (Audio and Video Clips)
(Requires Real Player)
You Don't Always Get What You Pay For:
Assessing the Privatization of Public Services
by Elliot Sclar.
In this lecture, Columbia University urban planning and public affairs professor Elliott Sclar takes a critical look at contracting, discussing the main points of his book You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization. Sclar says the central challenge is to reorganize the government agencies that oversee contracting programs, to make sure private companies don't waste public money. Without a major investment of resources to develop good public management, the author argues, privatization will not result in greater efficiency.
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Ken Foster, Director of the Canadian Council, News Interview on Transit Violence, March 6th, 2006.
delphi: A documentary short by David Dugar.
In this documentary short (11mins, 42secs) director David Dugar suggests that the Delphi Corporation, which filed for bankruptcy in October of 2005,is in their court case to get the UAW to roll back their wages and benefits a 'test case' for a larger attack on the working and middle class of America. Unfortunately, he's probably right.
"The Trouble of Unions -- Do They Matter?"
City Club of Portland
58 min 28 sec - May 15, 2006
If solidarity is not forever, will America still have a middle class? The percentage of American workers in unions has dropped from over 30 percent in the 1950s to under 13 percent today. Union members and leaders recognize that without new organizing and political strategies, the labor movement may be doomed. Last year, some of the largest unions defected from the AFL-CIO to start the "Change to Win" coalition, and the AFL itself has undertaken significant reforms.
Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, has written: "Organized labor is an aging, doddering prizefighter still relishing trophies earned decades ago." But in the next breath, he wrote: "But it's the only fighter in that corner of the ring. There's no other countervailing force against the overriding power of business and finance." In an era of rising wealth and income disparity - which economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says is due to "power relations," not educational differences - our panel will argue that everyone other than the super-rich should be worried about the future of the union movement.
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