The Eastern Canadian Joint Conference – The Forerunner of the Can-Am
The formulation of the Can-Am Conference was preceded by the Eastern Canadian Joint Council (ECJC), which included all locals in Ontario primarily, east to Halifax and St. John's as well as Local 1505 in Winnipeg. Starting in 1971, it was a two-day conference with a moderate agenda, with reports from participating Locals. In and around 1991, it was decided that the ECJC had outlived its usefulness and was dissolved.