TELUS Convention Centre - Calgary
Conservatives passed policy resolutions on:
LABOUR
- The right to secret-ballot strike and election votes
- "Full, transparent annual financial reporting by unions with not-for-profit status"
- Opt-out option for certain union dues
- more financial reporting of union spending on political donations and activism
- No mandatory dues used for political causes
- The belief that mandatory union membership limits economic freedom and stifles growth
JUSTICE AND SOCIAL POLICY
- Criminal Code provisions for harassing telephone calls and text messages
- Faith-based organizations can refuse their facilities to those holding contrary views/beliefs
- No legislation to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide
- Consecutive rather than concurrent sentences for those convicted of more than one serious crime
- Optional membership in student unions
ECONOMY AND SPENDING
- Public-sector pensions and benefits brought into line with private sector
Three notable resolutions that failed:
- Replacing the Firearms Act with new legislation that includes the right to own firearms.
- Failed amendments to the party constitution cannot be debated at the following two conventions.
- The national party cannot appoint a candidate in a riding unless the local association has failed to do so.
