Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012

31 (1) In any application relating to bargaining rights, the Board may accept as evidence of membership in a trade union evidence that a person

• (a) has signed an application for membership in the trade union; and

• (b) has paid at least five dollars to the trade union for or within the six-month period immediately before the date on which the application was filed.

(2) In an application relating to paragraph 44(3)(c) of the Code, the Board may accept as membership in a trade union the same evidence as required by the laws or regulations of the province where the application originated.