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and applied the two Resolves to all <strong>IATSE</strong> local unions. As required,<br />
all <strong>IATSE</strong> local unions must explore “all possible opportunities<br />
for [internal and external] growth” and commission<br />
all members to serve as ambassadors for <strong>IATSE</strong> membership.<br />
RESOLUTION NO. 19<br />
WHEREAS, Canada is the only country with a universal<br />
health care system that does not include prescription drug coverage;<br />
WHEREAS, In 2013, $27.7 billion was paid for prescription<br />
drugs, and with a universal public system, Canadians could see a<br />
41% reduction and be paying $16.3 billion;<br />
WHEREAS, A federal government-run national public<br />
Pharmacare plan, with funding to the provinces, is needed;<br />
WHEREAS, 78% of Canadians support a national public<br />
Pharmacare plan, and 86% support the bulk purchasing and negotiation<br />
of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies;<br />
WHEREAS, The majority of Canadians are calling for a fair,<br />
safe, and sustainable drug plan.<br />
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the <strong>IATSE</strong> will support<br />
and advocate for the investment in and expansion of Canada’s<br />
national healthcare system to include a national, comprehensive,<br />
single-payer Pharmacare program.<br />
Convention Action: The Delegates adopted this Resolution<br />
encouraging a national single-payer pharmacy plan in Canada.<br />
RESOLUTION NO. 20<br />
WHEREAS, Far too many Canadians work full-time yet still<br />
live in poverty;<br />
WHEREAS, many are employed by huge, multi-national<br />
corporations such as Wal-Mart or McDonald’s who are offloading<br />
their fiscal responsibilities onto tax-payers;<br />
WHEREAS, the $15 minimum wage campaigns across the<br />
country are a powerful rebuke to the market fundamentalism<br />
favoured by corporate Canada;<br />
WHEREAS, the labour community is on the side of all<br />
workers, regardless of their union status;<br />
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the <strong>IATSE</strong> will support<br />
ongoing campaigns to ensure that every province, municipality,<br />
and all federally regulated sectors have a $15 minimum<br />
wage.<br />
Convention Action: The Delegates adopted this Resolution<br />
and extend it to Locals in Canada and the United States. As<br />
required, the International will support living wage campaigns<br />
throughout Canada and the United States.<br />
RESOLUTION NO. 21<br />
WHEREAS, Chapter 12 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership<br />
(TPP) gives corporations the ability to bring employees to Canada,<br />
en masse, without any requirement that these workers be<br />
paid fairly;<br />
WHEREAS, The TPP’s concessions to drug companies<br />
could see Canadians pay over $800 million annually in increased<br />
drug costs.<br />
WHEREAS, Corporations will be able to challenge the<br />
regulations required to fight climate change if they deem them<br />
obstacles to carrying on their business activities, resulting in a<br />
chilling effect on governments taking the steps necessary to fight<br />
climate change;<br />
WHEREAS, Free trade agreements have undermined labour<br />
standards, threatened public services, and limited the ability of<br />
governments to regulate in the public interest;<br />
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the <strong>IATSE</strong> will work<br />
with the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliates to call upon<br />
the Government of Canada to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership<br />
Agreement.<br />
Convention Action: The Delegates adopted this Resolution.<br />
As required, the International will work with the CLC to request<br />
the Canadian government reject the TPPA.<br />
RESOLUTION NO. 22<br />
WHEREAS, The work that men and women do is equally<br />
valuable;<br />
WHEREAS Unions have long been at the forefront of efforts<br />
to ensure equal wages are paid for work of equal value;<br />
WHEREAS Only the provinces of Ontario and Quebec have<br />
proactive pay equity laws covering both public and private sector<br />
workers;<br />
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the <strong>IATSE</strong> will work<br />
with the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliates to continue<br />
to apply pressure to the Government of Canada to enact federal<br />
pay equity legislation as soon as possible.<br />
Convention Action: The Delegates adopted this Resolution.<br />
As required, the International will work with the CLC<br />
to encourage the passage of national pay equity laws in<br />
Canada.<br />
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