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Freedom of Association and the Canadian Forces: Current Status and Future Trends

Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered: The Aftermath of September 11th

ISBN: 978-0-44451-960-3, eISBN: 978-1-84950-012-8

Publication date: 1 January 2005

Abstract

Unlike many militaries in Europe, the Canadian Forces (CF) have no union or representative association. Although two separate studies have shown that more than one-third of military members think positively about forming a union (Bradley & Charbonneau, 2004; Deneumoustier, 1971), there has traditionally been little movement towards any form of associationism within Canada's military. While there is no formal ‘contract’ between the CF and the government of Canada, an informal social contract has appeared to be successful in maintaining the status quo. Critics of the social contract argue the agreement is one-sided; that is, the responsibilities of the member to Canada are well defined in the National Defence Act and Queen's Regulations and Orders but there is “no such articulation of the responsibilities of the Government of Canada to the men and women of the CF” (Milner, 1998, p. 10).

Citation

Farley, K., Walker, R., Bondy, H. and Mendoza, D. (2005), "Freedom of Association and the Canadian Forces: Current Status and Future Trends", Caforio, G. and Kümmel, G. (Ed.) Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered: The Aftermath of September 11th (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 497-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-8323(05)02030-8

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