Once again, Canadians had great success at the CBTU International Convention held in Detroit in May, 2010. Congratulations to our CBTU Chapter President Janice Gairey on her re-election to the CBTU National Board, and to Christopher Wilson for being newly elected to the National Board! Keynote Speaker Christopher Wilson greeted the CBTU International Convention on behalf of our chapter.

Read his speech HERE

It’s now been one month since the most tragic events to hit my beautiful island of Haiti. All Haitians in the world are mourning. Even though I was not born or even raised there, Haiti flows in my veins and in my heart. The last month has been hard for me knowing that I was there, on vacation for the holidays, 2 weeks prior to the events and knowing that I’ve lost friends, family members and people that I will never be able to see again. However, I console myself by knowing that the last memories of them were joyful.

Being where I am right now, I feel completely useless, I should be there with my brothers, my sisters to help them rebuilt, to heal the sick, to feed the poor. However, the circumstances do not allow me to do so at this moment. For who ever can help and have been helping, I thank you.

Please remember once thing, even though monumental places, artifacts, houses were completely destroyed by the earthquake, rest assured that the love and passion of the Haitians was not destroyed.

We thank God for the gift of life and we will always remember the ones that we’ve lost. 

Ayiti mwen rinmen-w, Haiti I love you. 

Hans-Woosly Balan

TWU Local 602, Montreal

Unfortunately, the CBTU New Year’s Eve Gala had to be cancelled due to a low response. We would like to thank those that showed their support to the event, and hope to celebrate with all members in the new year.

The CBTU Awards Dinner and Dance held November 14th in Toronto was a tremendous success. Keynote speaker, Christopher Wilson from PSAC, made a riviting speech to the crowd entitled ” The Party is Over”, speaking to his vision of the role of the labour movement with respect to community building.

Speech – The Party is Over

What would an awards ceremony be without… awards! The following are the recipients of the awards and scholarships presented during the course of the evening.

Pictures from the event will be posted soon in the Picture section of the CBTU Web site. On behalf of CBTU, thank you to our eloquent keynote speaker, all those that attended dressed to the nines, and congratulations to the deserving recipients of awards.