Public disclosures on our political engagement are easily accessible on our Citizenship website, and include details on consultant fees, lobbying expenses and trade-association dues related to advocacy.

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The commonest, about 60% of the total, are home-owner associations: a house buyer also becomes a member of an association that owns the common areas, levies dues and sets rules.

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It was one of the few times an oil sands project received such a designation, which also allows the company to reach a collective agreement with one union--in this case, the Christian Labour Association of Canada, whose members earn less and pay smaller dues than others--and apply it to workers from other unions.

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In addition, many of the alleged benefits of joining, say, a teachers union liability insurance, for instance can be procured from non-union professional associations (such as the Association of American Educators) at far less than the cost of union dues.

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