Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Northwest Territories (Commissioner) follow that a restriction on which associations were able to collectively bargain was not a violation. There was nothing in the law that would prevent the employees from joining any other collective bargaining group. Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Northwest Territories (Commissioner) Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Northwest Territories (Commissioner), [1990] 2 SCR 367 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the freedom of association under section 2(d) of the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (""Charter""). The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada ("PIPSC") was the federal
Yellowknife also resulted in new discoveries at the Con Mine, greatly extending the life of the mine. The Yellowknife townsite expanded from the Old Town waterfront, and the new townsite was established during 1945–1946. The Discovery Mine, with its own townsite, operated to the north-northeast of Yellowknife from 1950 to 1969. Between 1939 and 1953, Yellowknife was controlled by the Northern Affairs department (now Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) of the Government of Canada. A small council, partially elected and partially appointed, made decisions. By 1953, Yellowknife had grown so much that it was made a municipality, with its own council