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The Conservative government’s constant promotion of hockey as a unifying Canadian value could be on a crash course with its enthusiasm for curbing the powers of organized labour.

Bill C-377, which would require labour unions to publicly report all contracts in excess of $5,000, has drawn concerns from the National Hockey League Players Association.

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The news website Blacklock’s Reporter scored a scoop this week when it found that NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr wrote to senators studying the bill to warn that it would interfere with the players’ various licensing agreements for “video games, player trading cards and NHL team jerseys and apparel.”

Fehr explained that third parties that the players license would have “reasonable expectation that the terms of such agreements will not be made public.” He asked for an amendment to the law granting an exemption from the law, Blacklock’s reported.