BILL C-4 AND THE SECRET BALLOT

If the House of Commons rejects the Senate’s amendments and Bill C-4 is passed as it was previously drafted, unions will be able to bypass a secret ballot vote and automatically certify if they sign up a sufficient number of workers through so-called “card check”—50 per cent plus one. (A secret ballot vote, however, would still take place if the union does not sign up sufficient number of workers.)