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Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council does must be within the scope of the act . So even though Quebec did not think it had a hockey team , in fact it did . I am not clear though on whether or not it is the government 's intent to want to have this information widely distributed , and perhaps that is their intent , looking at the legislation that is before us . The first is that the supplementary plan provides benefits and entitlements that , in combination with those provided under The Civil Service Superannuation Act , will equal those that would be provided under that act if the calculation of the allowance was based on an accrual rate of 2.61 percent per year of service . I will reiterate once again , as I did in the House , that I believe that this bill is essentially designed as a punitive measure to get back at those labour organizations in our province that dared to stand up to this government and in fact raised issues during the 1995 provincial general election campaign and to raise public awareness of these issues , and that this government is now bringing forward Bill 26 as a punitive measure to in many ways tie the hands of those organizations from ever being able to take effective action , and at the same time recognizing that this government , while they have tied the hands of labour organizations in this province who dared to speak out , they have not taken similar actions to those that are familiar and friendly with this particular government , namely those in certain sectors of the business community and that it is undemocratic , the sections that the government is - - and the actions the government is proposing through this bill . For Jews like this reviewer , it is notable that Grisez 's moral theology , being authentically Christian , is primarily rooted in the Hebrew Bible ; that being the case , even the questions that pertain to specific Church issues of doctrine and ritual ( as distinct from universal issues like abortion or euthanasia ) have recognizable parallels in our own tradition . He argues that Whiggish notions ( which he once accepted himself ) of cultural history as moving more or less progressively from the Renaissance to the present overlook an inconvenient fact . " If I had had a magic marker within reach , I would not have been able to resist the temptation to insert a comma after the word " other . Reading his responsa would thus be like reading an article whose title and the name of whose author already give away its conclusion . This will prevent the last collective agreement from taking precedent , and this is the issue that I referenced in the opening comments with my attempt to delete the temporary terms and conditions definition at the front of this bill , because what this bill will do , will allow the government to set the temporary terms and conditions , which is pay and benefits , for employees who are required to work under the essential services agreement and does not spell out that it is the provisions of the last collective agreement that should be in force and in effect until such time as it is superseded by another agreement that would be imposed or negotiated . At the same time , Grisez is intent on avoiding " legalism , " even though most of his more liberal Catholic critics ( let alone most Protestant ethicists ) often accuse him of it . Thanks to the involvement of the Holy Spirit , tradition has a living actuality that prevents it from being a mere hearkening back to the past . They are looking at fairness and comparing to salaries within Manitoba . The first thing is , they should have made available to all Manitobans factual information about this issue in open public ways , using all of the tools that they are so prone to use in crisis to make their case , to make their case not rationally or with data , but to make their case emotionally , with propaganda sheets devised by the former spin merchant of the Premier , Barbara Biggar and her company , and to shamelessly use not their own assets as a government or party , but the assets of the Manitoba Telephone System , as though Mr. Chairperson , the Manitoba Telephone System Board of Directors had approved the sale , this privatization , when in fact , they had not even been consulted . Although abortion is not just a " Catholic " issue ( and , fortunately , there is now powerful Jewish , Protestant , and Orthodox opposition to it ) , it has become for conservative Catholics like Grisez the central moral issue . Mr. Reid : Mr. Chairperson , I think it is important here that because the government clearly through their legislation wants the union organizations of this province to communicate with all of the employees in the bargaining unit with respect to use of dues for political purposes , if that is their will and their wish , and a right that has been afforded them under ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Levine case , I believe that the government should accept this amendment which would allow for those dues to remain internal to the union organization for those employees so wishing not to have their dues used for political purpose . Now , Mr. Chairperson , the government has known for at least a year , at minimum , that it was going to privatize MTS , even though it lied to people in the election and it lied to people after the election that there were no plans . I support the motion for an additional reason , besides what the minister has stated and what Mr. Benson stated in his dissenting report , and that is at some point in a jurisdiction like Manitoba where you are going to increase the rate of remuneration paid to anybody , even an independent judiciary , to a degree which is perceived to be unfair and out of step with other players and essential players in a democracy , whether it be professors who claim , and rightly so , academic freedom , whether it be teachers who claim they need respect and they need a sense of worth to be able to teach properly , all of these being fundamental parts of democracy , but if you are out of step with what is perceived generally to be fair , you can bring disrepute on the very institution and the very freedom that you stand for. Mr. Toews : Well , you know , Mr. Chair , it must be a lot like , I am reminded of the MTS thing , and I do not want to get into the MTS thing here necessarily , but in 1908 MTS looked like a natural monopoly . What I do not want to see is developing a dual track for Human Rights Code violations , both under the Human Rights Code , under this act and then also , as the member for Transcona ( Reid ) is aware , that they can go on a civil suit through the civil courts . Supreme Court of Canada said very , very clearly is that the rights and duties of employees , employers and unions is not something that the Supreme Court of Canada was prepared to intervene with because essentially free collective bargaining in Canada is free collective bargaining within a statutory framework . With respect to its employees , the Province of Manitoba takes the position that the salaries should be affordable in the context of taxpayers ' ability to pay - - I would hope we can all agree on that principle - - be within a reasonable range of pay levels for comparable positions in Manitoba , compensate individuals in relation to their responsibilities at a level that attracts and retains competent employees - - we have had no difficulty in getting people wanting to be provincial judges ; I think members are aware of the numbers of individuals that are interested in being provincial judges - - reflect economic realities in Manitoba . Harassment can take many forms in the workplace , both sexual , racial , and any other forms that are defined under the Manitoba human rights act , and I think that it is important that we recognize that there be some inclusion for this provision to allow for the expedited arbitration process to consider harassment as defined under The Human Rights Code to be part of the expedited arbitration process . While we would like concurrence from all parties on these recommendations , we are prepared to move a motion on that basis , on the basis that I have outlined , but prior to doing so , I would certainly appreciate hearing the comments of committee members before moving any motion .