If the UK passes this draconian Trade Union Bill, your country might be next - commentsIf the UK passes this draconian Trade Union Bill, your country might be next 2015-10-15T15:39:24Zhttps://www.equaltimes.org/if-the-uk-passes-this-draconian#comment967312015-10-15T15:39:24Z<p>In Canada we are in the middle of a federal election. Recently, we have seen federal labour laws enacted that have contained some of the dampening aspects of the British Trade Union Bill. If the far-Right Conservatives get re-elected in this country, we will most certainly see more of the same brought down with a hard fist. If the centre-Right Liberals are elected in a majority we can expect to see no change in what is there, and most probably similar restrictive legislation presented without the anti-labour rhetoric — Liberals like to appear as reasonable people. At this point in the campaign, it would seem we are looking at a minority Liberal government held in power by the more labour-friendly (at least labour-dependent) NDP. That sounds like labour's best hope in Canada, but we have yet to see what the Liberals' plans are for labour relations. Liberal provincial governments in this country have behaved much the same as Conservatives wearing a different tee-shirt. We will see the results next week.</p>