Ending minister dispute intervention powers
C-247 An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code
Removes the labour minister's power to intervene in labour disputes or direct the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
What Bill C-247 would do
The bill would repeal the section of the Canada Labour Code that gives the Minister of Labour authority to act to settle industrial disputes. This would remove the minister's power to refer questions to the Canada Industrial Relations Board or order the board to take action. The published material gives no further detail.
Official summary
This enactment repeals the section of the Canada Labour Code that authorizes the Minister of Labour to take measures to promote conditions favourable to the settlement of an industrial dispute or difference, including referring any question to the Canada Industrial Relations Board or directing the Board to take any measure that the Minister considers necessary.
- Kind
- Private member's bill
- Sponsor
- Leah Gazan, Member of Parliament (Winnipeg Centre)
- Introduced
- in the House of Commons
- Last activity
Where it stands
Voted down in the House of Commons October 28
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First reading in the House done
Before the House on 1 sitting day,
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Second reading in the House stopped here
Before the House on 3 sitting days, to · 2 debates here
2nd reading and referral to committee - HUMA: negatived, 145–166 (division 184),
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Committee in the House not yet
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Report stage in the House not yet
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Third reading in the House not yet
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First reading in the Senate not yet
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Second reading in the Senate not yet
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Third reading in the Senate not yet
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Royal assent not yet
Exact procedural stages
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House
- First reading in the House: done, 2025-10-06
- Second reading in the House: stopped here
- Committee in the House: not yet reached
- Report stage in the House: not yet reached
- Third reading in the House: not yet reached
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Senate
- First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
- Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
- Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
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Royal assent
- Royal assent: not yet reached
Debates in the House 2
Members who spoke: Liberal 3 NDP 2 Bloc Québécois 2 Conservative 2
Second reading 2
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6 members spoke
- Leah Gazan NDP A– statement 1, graded A–B+ statement 2, graded B+B statement 3, graded BB statement 4, graded B
- Kevin Lamoureux Liberal 1 statement 1B+ statement 2, graded B+
- Kyle Seeback Conservative A statement 1, graded AA– statement 2, graded A–
- Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois A– statement 1, graded A–A+ statement 2, graded A+
- Marianne Dandurand Liberal A+ statement 1, graded A+
- Don Davies NDP A statement 1, graded A
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4 members spoke
- Corey Hogan Liberal A statement 1, graded A
- Harb Gill Conservative B+ statement 1, graded B+
- Alexis Deschênes Bloc Québécois A– statement 1, graded A–
- Leah Gazan NDP A statement 1, graded A
Also raised in 8
Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.