{"id":2250,"date":"2021-05-25T19:51:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/?post_type=legal_decisions&#038;p=2250"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:28:10","slug":"city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege","status":"publish","type":"legal_decisions","link":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Ottawa c. AIEST section locale 471, sentence pr\u00e9liminaire dat\u00e9e du 16 mars 2017 (re. privil\u00e8ge li\u00e9 aux n\u00e9gociations en vue d'un r\u00e8glement) (Arbitre Kevin Burkett)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2250\" class=\"elementor elementor-2250\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e38f66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e38f66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2708612\" data-id=\"2708612\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9405ef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"9405ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-36d1e3e elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25 mai 2021\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-757710b elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/category\/collective-agreement-interpretation\/?post_types=legal_decisions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInterpr\u00e9tation de Convention Collective\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1ffde8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1ffde8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ce dossier concernait un grief de principe impliquant l'interpr\u00e9tation d'une convention collective en ce qui a trait \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de la convention. Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, le diff\u00e9rend portait sur la question de savoir si la convention collective couvrait les machinistes sur tous les futurs sites de spectacles \u00e0 Lansdowne. Le premier jour de l'audience, l'arbitre avait d\u00e9termin\u00e9 que la convention collective \u00e9tait ambigu\u00eb et que des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de preuve extrins\u00e8ques pouvaient \u00eatre invoqu\u00e9s comme aide \u00e0 l'interpr\u00e9tation.<\/p><p>Le syndicat a cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 s'appuyer sur un accord que les parties avaient ant\u00e9rieurement conclu concernant l'unit\u00e9 de n\u00e9gociation couverte par la convention collective. En particulier, il a cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 se fier aux propositions sans pr\u00e9jug\u00e9es qu'il avait d\u00e9pos\u00e9es au cours des n\u00e9gociations de l'affaire ant\u00e9rieure. L'employeur s'est oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 l'admission de cette preuve extrins\u00e8que sur la base du privil\u00e8ge li\u00e9 aux n\u00e9gociations en vue d'un r\u00e8glement.<\/p><p>L'arbitre a jug\u00e9 qu'une exception au privil\u00e8ge li\u00e9 aux n\u00e9gociations en vue d'un r\u00e8glement s'appliquait et que le syndicat pouvait pr\u00e9senter les propositions sans pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s qu'il avait d\u00e9pos\u00e9es au cours des n\u00e9gociations de l'affaire ant\u00e9rieure. L'arbitre a d\u00e9termin\u00e9, d'une part, que, bien qu'il s'agissait de discussions de r\u00e8glement li\u00e9es \u00e0 un diff\u00e9rend devant une commission des relations de travail, elles concernaient la port\u00e9e de la convention collective et faisaient partie de la convention collective. Par cons\u00e9quent, les discussions de r\u00e8glement entre les parties \u00e9taient, au moins en partie, des n\u00e9gociations collectives \u00e0 mi-parcours. Deuxi\u00e8mement, l'arbitre a d\u00e9termin\u00e9 qu'une exception au privil\u00e8ge li\u00e9 aux n\u00e9gociations en vue d'un r\u00e8glement autorise les propositions sans pr\u00e9jug\u00e9es d'\u00eatre pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es comme preuve afin d'\u00e9tablir la v\u00e9ritable compr\u00e9hension des parties en ce qui concerne le r\u00e8glement qu'ils ont conclu. Par cons\u00e9quent, ayant conclu que l'article de la convention collective en question \u00e9tait ambigu, le syndicat pouvait invoquer de la preuve extrins\u00e8que, y compris le document de r\u00e8glement.<\/p><p>L'arbitre a ordonn\u00e9 que le grief proc\u00e8de \u00e0 une audience.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/hrvjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pour la d\u00e9cision compl\u00e8te, cliquez ici<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This proceeding concerned a policy grievance regarding the scope of the collective agreement between the parties, specifically, whether the collective agreement covered stagehands on all future performing arts venues at [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10822,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This proceeding concerned a policy grievance regarding the scope of the collective agreement between the parties, specifically, whether the collective agreement covered stagehands on all future performing arts venues at [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IATSE Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iatsecanada\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T18:28:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iatsecanada\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/\",\"name\":\"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-25T19:51:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T18:28:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legal Decisions\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legaldb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/\",\"name\":\"IATSE Canada\",\"description\":\"The Union Behind Entertainment\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IATSE Canada\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Canadian-Bug-Clear-BG.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Canadian-Bug-Clear-BG.png\",\"width\":1675,\"height\":1675,\"caption\":\"IATSE Canada\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iatsecanada\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/iatsecanada\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"nofollow"},"og_locale":"fr_CA","og_type":"article","og_title":"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada","og_description":"This proceeding concerned a policy grievance regarding the scope of the collective agreement between the parties, specifically, whether the collective agreement covered stagehands on all future performing arts venues at [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/","og_site_name":"IATSE Canada","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iatsecanada\/","article_modified_time":"2026-01-29T18:28:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@iatsecanada","twitter_misc":{"Estimation du temps de lecture":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/","url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/","name":"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege) - IATSE Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png","datePublished":"2021-05-25T19:51:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-29T18:28:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Legal-Decision-Categories.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legal_decisions\/city-of-ottawa-v-iatse-local-471-preliminary-award-dated-march-16-2017-re-settlement-privilege\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Legal Decisions","item":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/legaldb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"City of Ottawa v. IATSE Local 471, preliminary award dated March 16, 2017 (re. Settlement Privilege)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/","name":"IATSE Canada","description":"The Union Behind Entertainment","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#organization","name":"IATSE Canada","url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Canadian-Bug-Clear-BG.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Canadian-Bug-Clear-BG.png","width":1675,"height":1675,"caption":"IATSE Canada"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iatsecanada\/","https:\/\/x.com\/iatsecanada"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_decisions\/2250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_decisions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/legal_decisions"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_decisions\/2250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_decisions\/2250\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}