Discussion · Government Orders
Jenny Kwan NDP
“Unions want the government to stop forcing people back to work. Instead, this bill weakens workers' power. Unions did not ask for these changes, so I want to know if big corporations did.”
“Mr. Speaker, over the course of the summer, the government consulted with unions and labour organizations. Federal unions have been calling for section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to be removed, after the government has used it to order workers back to work, undermining the collective bargaining process, at least 10 times. Now the government is proposing new language around section 107 and calling these changes “guardrails”, but unions are telling us that these changes could potentially weaken workers’ bargaining power. If organized labour did not ask for these changes, who does the member think did request these changes? Would it be the big corporations?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, over the course of the summer, the government consulted with unions and labour organizations. Federal unions have been calling for section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to be removed, after the government has used it to order workers back to work, undermining the collective bargaining process, at least 10 times. Now the government is proposing new language around section 107 and calling these changes “guardrails”, but unions are telling us that these changes could potentially weaken workers’ bargaining power. If organized labour did not ask for these changes, who does the member think did request these changes? Would it be the big corporations?