The warning, arguably implicit in Justice Dickson's comments, and explicit in at least Supreme Court cases warning against judicial re-writing of the constitution in the name of purposivism, which Professors Barnett and Bernick reiterate, has gone unheeded in some noteworthy Canadian cases, such as those that gave «constitutional benediction» to the alleged
rights of organized labour.
Once the
domain of organized labour and the Occupy Movement, income inequality has suddenly become a fixation among municipal public - health offices as well.
The passage of Bill C - 377, part of the Harper government's broader attack on labour rights, speaks to the Conservatives» fundamental lack of understanding of the
role of organized labour in ensuring shared prosperity and a thriving middle class.
The unions also asked governor El - Rufai to pay all backlogs of salaries owed workers in the state or face the
wrath of organized labour unions and civil society organizations in the state.
And to all the members of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, all the PGs and members of the various town unions across Anambra State, all the Bishops, Reverend Fathers and Pastors, the
members of the organized Labour, the youths of Anambra State, the traders, the farmers, the ordinary men and women who look up to government for a better day, I assure you that my team and I shall never fail you.
The progressive view, even more clearly, leaves important areas of legislative action out of the scope of robust (or indeed any) judicial review — notably anything that has to do with economic policy and regulation, and property rights (although, in a further inconsistency, some of those who hold this view are committed to defending the economic
rights of organized labour).