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Robert Caron is a sociologist and former labour leader in the Canadian province of Quebec.〔Marc-André Côté, "Une entrevue avec Robert Caron: Pour des États généraux du syndicalisme," ''Le Devoir'',29 April 2000, E8.〕 He served two terms as president of the Syndicat des professionnels du government du Quebec (SPGQ) and ran for provincial office in 2003 as a candidate of the Parti Québécois (PQ). ==Labour leader== Caron became active with the SPGQ in 1983, was one of its vice-presidents from 1988 to 1992,〔Gilbert Leduc, "Daniel Giroux quitte le SPGQ," ''Le Soleil'', 27 April 1994, C12.〕 and served two terms as its president from 1994 to 2000.〔"Quatre nouveaux récipiendaires de l'Ordre du syndicalisme du SPGQ," ''Canada Newswire'', 12 December 2001.〕 Elected without opposition in 1994, he scored a decisive victory over challenger Léo Pelletier in 1997.〔Gilbert Leduc, "Élection au bureau de direction des professionnels du gouvernement," ''Le Soleil'', 28 May 1994, B8; Gilbert Leduc, "L'équipe de Robert Caron est réélue au SPGQ," ''Le Soleil'', 15 June 1997, A6.〕 As president, he represented 13,000 workers. Caron demonstrated against the newly elected Parti Québécois government of Jacques Parizeau in 1994, both for its failure to remove anti-labour legislation and for its use of private research firms to study overlap between the provincial and federal governments. Caron argued that existing government bodies could have carried out the research.〔"Études sur la souveraineté : le SPGQ s'élève contre le recours au secteur privé," ''La Presse'', 18 October 1994, B5.〕 (The government responded that it would use civil servants for research on Quebec matters, but would contract out studies on federal matters where provincial workers had little expertise.)〔Brigitte Breton, "Manifestation mercredi à Québec," ''Le Soleil'', 22 October 1994, A8.〕 The following year, Caron criticized the Parizeau government for holding secret negotiations to integrate federal Canadian civil servants into a sovereign Quebec.〔Gilbert Leduc, "Intégration des fonctionnaires fédéraux," ''Le Soleil'', 23 June 1995, A1.〕 He later clarified that he did not object to the integration process, but wanted his group to be included in the talks.〔Gilles Normand, "Les syndicats exigent d'être consultés," ''La Presse'', 25 August 1995, B1.〕 A reconciliation was later reached, and Caron appeared at a press conference with government minister Pauline Marois as she announced an agreement in principle on the matter shortly before the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty.〔Gilbert Leduc, "Intégrer les fonctionnaires fédéraux coûtera cher mais rapportera gros," ''Le Soleil'', 5 October 1995, A10.〕 Caron himself supported the sovereignty option, which was narrowly defeated.〔"Échec référendaire," ''Le Soleil'', 12 December 1995, A8.〕 Caron later took part in several high-profile negotiations with the government of Lucien Bouchard (Parizeau's successor as PQ leader and premier), who attempted to balance the provincial budget by a wage rollback in the civil service.〔Rheal Seguin, "Quebec civil servants reject wage restraints," ''Globe and Mail'', 16 November 1996, A10; Tu Thanh Ha, "Quebec, unions may be closer," ''Globe and Mail'', 6 December 1996, A5.〕 In 1999, Caron argued that Quebec workers would be less likely to support Quebec sovereignty, or the PQ, if the Bouchard government pursued an anti-labour agenda.〔Jack Branswell, "Labour peace is key to PQ plan," ''Globe and Mail'', 6 September 1999, A6.〕 The SPGQ did not support any party in the 1998 provincial election, although Caron strongly opposed the Action démocratique du Québec's proposal to reduce the size of the civil service.〔"L'ADQ dénoncée par la fonction publique," ''La Presse'', 4 November 1998, B4.〕 Caron called for Quebec to adopt "whistle blower" legislation in 1997, wherein Quebec workers could report inappropriate government actions without fear of losing their jobs.〔Denis Lessard, "Le droit de siffler," ''La Presse'', 23 October 1997, B1.〕 At the end of his second term, he expressed regret at the lack of cooperation between Quebec's larger and independent unions.〔Marc-André Côté, "Une entrevue avec Robert Caron: Pour des États généraux du syndicalisme," ''Le Devoir'',29 April 2000, E8.〕 He did not seek re-election in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Caron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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