Hugh Segal, Conservative Senator and former advisor to Premier Bill Davis and Prime Minister Mulroney, has spoken out in defence of trade union rights and against Bill C-377.

Ottawa (20 Feb. 2013) – A highly regarded Conservative Senator, Hugh Segal, spoke out against Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations), during a debate in the Senate.

Senator Segal explained that Bill C-377 is “bad legislation, bad public policy and a diminution of both the order and the freedom that should exist in any democratic, pluralist and mixed-market society.”

Read more about Senator Segal’s remarkable speech.