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weekender september 7 1985 p15 should juniohs fit throu com dues to and causes no merv lavigne teacher haileybuty school of mines 44 yes dennis mcdermott president canadian labour congress merv lavigne a courageous canadian doesnt think he should be forced by law to support political parties and causes through compulsory union dues thats why he is challenging the constitutionality of laws which allow forced union dues to be used for political purposes merv lavigne now has to pay union dues in order to earn a living at the haileybury school of mines where he teaches through his forced union dues he is compelled to support the new democratic party disarmament and anticruise missile protest groups the palestinian liberation organization the nicaraguan government the extremist national union of mineworkers of britain abortion issues opposition to the construction of a domed stadium in toronto opposing merv is the canadian labour congress the national union of provincial government employees the ontario federation of labour and the ontario public service em ployees union dennis mcdermott says the cana dian labour congress will oppose merv lavigne in court with its huge national and international resources the international labour organization and other specialized agencies of the united nations and trade unions and trade union centres throughout the world dennis mcdermott has sworn under oath that a successful court challenge by merv lavigne might well imperil the strength or even the existence of the canadian labour congress an official from the ontario public service employees union said that a find ing against the unions would mean that the ofl and the clc might as well close up shop the big union movement fears that given a free choice very few duespaying canadian workers would voluntarily support political parties and causes with which they disagree thats why the big union movement wants to use force whom do you agree with why were supporting merv lavigne the national citizens coalition thinks merv lavigne is right we believe that using forced union dues for political purposes violates merv s freedoms of expression and association the national citizens coalition has pledged to financially support merv lavignes historic court challenge the coalition is a grass roots group of 30000 concerned canadians coasttocoast who are committed to more freedom through less government all our contributions are voluntary and we are independent of all political parties we get results last year we defeated pierre trudeaus government in a constitutional court challenge to bill c169 a law that stifled freedom of speech during federal elections which had been passed by all three political parties the victory was decisive and the government didnt appeal the big union movement is standing together in solidarity to defeat merv lavigne to meet this opposition freeenterprisers across canada also need to unite to win we need y help what you can do to help merv lavignes court challenge will be very expensive join with merv and the national citizens coalition in this historic challenge to bad labour law by making a donation today fill in one of the coupons below and send a donation of 500 100 50 25 or whatever you can afford you can make the donation by cheque money order or by credit card make your donation payable to the national citizens coalition send your donation today national citizens coalition t for more freedom through less government national citizenscoaiition 100 adelaide street west suite 907 toronto ontario m5ii is3 phone 11 6 8693838 dear coalition id like to help merv defeat bad labour laws in canada i dont think forced union dues should be used for political purposes enclosed is my donation of 500 100 50 25 other card no m i i i i i i i i rxpires name address postal codel telephone signature- national citizenscoaiition 100 adelaide street west suite 907 toronto ontario m5ii 1s3 phone 11 6 8693838 dear coalition id like to help merv defeat bad labour laws in canada i dont think forced union dues should lie used for political purposes enclosed is my donation of 500 card no name address telephone l 100 d 50 d 25 other 1 1 1 1 1 rrrrrttrrm expires postal code signature- the national citizens coalition siandsfor more freedom through less government it has 30000 members nationally offices in toronto calgary and vancouver and is independent of all political parlies the coalition was founded in 1967 became a national nonprofit corporation in 1975 and publishes two journals for iis members our members feel that on many issues our mps must be made more accountable to the citizens who put them into power the coalitions officers arc colin brown president david somervillc vicepresident and kill magyar secretary treasurer