DETAILS
– SNC AS ONE OF - THE
100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
IN CANADA
The book referred to here, The 100 Best Companies to Work for in
Canada ( first edition, published 1986), was written by Eva Innes,
Robert L. Perry and Jim Lyon, with
backing from The Financial Post newspaper.
Following a tip-off from me
to the authors during a phone-in radio broadcast, SNC were dropped from the 1991 edition of The 100 Best Companies to Work For in Canada
On page 2 of the 1986 Edition, they
explain – quote - We asked the
companies to select the people for us, but the interview sessions were
generally held in private. Employees were encouraged to be frank and balanced
in their comments, and very few of these discussions failed to reveal some
negative as well as positive points about the company - unquote
Obviously, though, any
company with corrupt intentions – for instance, to have themselves portrayed
publicly as good employers in contradiction to their behaviour in private
towards someone they take a dislike to – will take advantage of this, to select
interviewees whom they think they can rely upon to be yes-men, or some such.
With respect to the
behaviours below, serious questions are in order concerning whether offences or
quasi-offences were committed under the Acts referred to below. The author
asserts that, beyond doubt, the spirit of the law was broken, if nothing else
2. Combines Investigation
Act (Federal Statutes)
Apparent false or misleading
advertising - concerning being – quote – good – unquote - employers:
2.1 Various self‑serving statements that the company is – quote
–considerate – unquote - and
that –quote - ...this even applies to the way
layoffs are handled...-unquote - as detailed in The 100 Best
Companies to Work For in Canada published by
Collins of Toronto in March 1986,
based on hearsay evidence attributed to groups
of employees who were selected by
SNC and not by any scientific method such as
random sampling conducted by
impartial outsiders
2.2 Two advertisements in the Careers section of the Gazette dated March 22nd
1986 and April 12th 1986 in which SNC is portrayed as one of
the 100
Best Companies to Work For in Canada based on the apparent
falsehoods described in 2.1 above.
2.3 Apparent false representation of SNC as one of six Great
Companies to Work For and How They Got
That Way as detailed in Canadian Business, September 1984 issue. CLICK HERE
2.4 Apparent false
representation of SNC as good employers on the basis of this same article, being hearsay evidence, by SNC Chairman Camille
Dagenais in SNC's Annual Report for 1984, in the Chairman s Message. CLICK HERE
3. Quebec
Consumer Protection Act (Quebec Statutes
3.1. Apparent
false or misleading representations to consumers as detailed under para. 2 above under the Combines Investigation Act.
Contrary to
Sections 219, 228 and 238 of Quebec Consumer Protection Act.
3.2. As an
advertiser, SNC have apparently relied on data or analyses falsely presented as
scientific, in order to fabricate an impression of being good employers.
Contrary to
Section 239(b) of Quebec Consumer Protection Act.
(ex. P 28)