in 1995, mccoy was asked by the alberta government to chair a joint review committee (jrc) into whether or not right-to-work (rtw) legislation would be beneficial to the province. the study defined rtw legislation as ‘legislation that would prohibit employers and employees from agreeing to any form of union shop, closed shop or dues check-off arrangement.’ the committee was formed on march 14, 1995 and had both labour and management representatives. it delivered its unanimous report in november of the same year. it received 225 written submissions from albertans on the issue.