REGULATION NO. 4 - CONVENTION COMMITTEES

  1. At least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the opening date of a Triennial National Convention, the Executive Council shall appoint such Committees as may be necessary for the conduct of the business of the Convention.

  2. There shall be four (4) Standing Committees:

    1. By-Laws;
    2. Finance;
    3. Collective Bargaining; and
    4. General
  3. Committee meetings shall normally be held in Ottawa at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the opening date of a Triennial National Convention. Committee reports shall be provided to Convention delegates at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to Convention.

  4. The President shall recommend delegates to be assigned to each Convention Committee subject, to the approval of the Executive Council.

  5. Convention Committees shall be composed of the following:

    1. Officers of the Executive Council except the President; and

    2. Members of each region as selected on the basis on one (1) Convention delegate for each Local as provided for in Regulation 1.

  6. Notwithstanding the above, regions with less than four (4) Locals shall be represented by a maximum of four (4) Convention delegates and shall be selected in the following manner:

    1. One (1) delegate per Local;

    2. If necessary, the first additional delegate to be selected by the Local in the region having the largest number of members in good standing five (5) months prior to convention; and

    3. If necessary, the second additional delegate to be selected by the Local in the region having the second largest number of members in good standing five (5) months prior to convention.

  7. The President shall have the sole authority to allocate convention resolutions to convention committees.

  8. Terms of Reference:

    1. The Committees will recommend concurrence or non-concurrence, to the delegates of all resolutions placed before them. Unanimous recommendation shall be recorded when such is the case;

    2. The Committee shall not themselves originate or include in their report any new resolutions;

    3. Each Committee shall produce a written report;

    4. All decisions of the Committees shall be by majority vote, with the chairperson having a deciding vote in case of a tie;

    5. The Committees may recommend the combination of two or more similar resolutions into one resolution, and shall themselves produce the recommended wording of the composite resolution;

    6. The Committees may recommend concurrence on one or two or more similar resolutions and the others voided on the grounds that their full intent is embodied in the recommended resolutions;

    7. The Committees may recommend the separation of resolutions into two or more resolutions, and shall themselves produce such divided resolutions;

    8. The Committees shall not, in any combination, separation, rewording of resolutions, or production of composite or divided resolutions, in any way change, diminish or expand the full intent and thrust of the original resolutions so affected.  The Committee shall be permitted for clarity and translation purposes only (in consultation with the submitting local) to reword resolutions, provided that such rewording does not diminish or expand the full intent and thrust of the original resolution;

    9. The Committees shall clearly identify all original resolutions that have been combined, divided or embodied in resolutions;

    10. When a resolution affects the work of another Committee, immediate liaison should be established with the other Committee to advise accordingly; and

    11. Committee chairperson will present to convention, resolutions in order of priority as concurred in by Committee members. Such a priority should consider recognition of those resolutions which were ‘dissent’ recorded.

Adopted June 1989 Amended July 2005 Amended December 2016
Amended December 1996 Amended July 2011  
Amended March 2002 Amended December 2013  
Amended June 2002 Amended June 2014