Description: The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-1 that RCMP members have the right to collective bargaining.

Source: The Globe and Mail

Date: 01/16/2015

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-backs-mounties-right-to-collective-bargaining/article22486356/

Related links:

• CBC story
• Earlier story
• SCC decision
• Mounted Police Association of Ontario
• The RCMP
• Federal department of justice

Questions for discussion:

• Briefly stated, what did the court rule?
• What are the likely results of this ruling?
• What did the court say about freedom of association?
• What happens now?
• Based on what you know, do you agree with this ruling? Discuss.