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February at Occupy Ottawa saw artistic events celebrating local Ottawa artists, rallies against the Bill C-10 Crime Bill, support for the Families of Sisters in Spirit 2nd annual day of Justice and Occupy Winterlude.  Discussion at Occupy Ottawa revolved around the banking system, the South March highlands, the Northern Gateway pipeline, Bill C-10 , Monsanto, the Federal Court of Appeal challenge on the constitutionality of Security Certificates, concern over the talk of military action on Iran, the planned clearcutting of 200-300 year old trees in Gatineau park for the highway 5 expansion, the strike by support workers at the Ottawa Salvation Army, continued discussion on Vic Toews and Bill C-30 and the Harper Government’s Robo-call scandal.

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Video stories on the occupy movement. http://whytooccupy.org/

The Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR) is a national voice devoted to promoting labour rights as an important means to strengthening democracy, equality and economic justice here in Canada and internationally. 

The key objectives the Foundation has established for itself are:

• Create greater public awareness and understanding of labour rights as a key critical component of human rights;
• Build effective political momentum and public support for progressive labour law reform;
• Promote fundamental labour standards in Canada that enhance union organizing including, but not limited to, the right of all workers to belong to a union and to engage in collective bargaining and strike action;
• Provide a critical voice against any future regressive labour law being contemplated or introduced by a government in Canada; and
• Monitor, provide advice and offer coordination on legal challenges to labour laws with a view to strategically moving labour rights ahead in Canada.

CFLR provides a forum for its members to promote and publish their independent research, policy papers and articles which are consistent with the objectives of the Foundation.

CLFR also promotes its work within the broader labour rights communities – unions and other labour organizations, labour relations programs within Canadian universities and colleges, labour law schools and legal firms and other progressive think tanks.

Paul Cavalluzzo
Senior Partner
Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish LLP, Toronto

James Clancy
National President
National Union of Public and General Employees

Judy Fudge
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria

Nathalie Des Rosiers
General Counsel
Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Steven Barrett
Senior Partner
Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, Toronto

Drew Plaxton
President
Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (CALL)

Paul Champ
Senior Partner
Champ and Associates, Ottawa

Veena Verma
Montreal-based lawyer specializing in migrant workers' rights

Matthew Gapmann
Barrister and Solicitor
Grondin Poudrier Bernier Advocats, S.E.N.C. Montréal

Marjorie S. Brown
Partner
Victory Square Law Office, LLP, Vancouver

Wayne Hanley
National President
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada

Paul Taillefer
President
Canadian Teachers’ Federation

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