Discussion · Government Orders
Ryan Turnbull Liberal
“We will always protect workers' right to strike. We listened to people through tens of thousands of submissions before writing this bill. It only focuses on the rare times when negotiations fail, to help both sides reach an agreement so the government does not have to step in.”
“Mr. Speaker, we will always protect the constitutional right of workers to strike. We are putting in place measures that have been consulted on. There have been over 26,000 submissions and 78 different engagements that have taken place over many months to ensure that we get this right, which is to really look at those 5% of cases where collective bargaining does not reach an agreement at the table and where there is then risk of the federal government having to step in when there is a strike and use section 107. The key here is to get parties working together and to find ways to get agreements at the table—”
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Mr. Speaker, we will always protect the constitutional right of workers to strike. We are putting in place measures that have been consulted on. There have been over 26,000 submissions and 78 different engagements that have taken place over many months to ensure that we get this right, which is to really look at those 5% of cases where collective bargaining does not reach an agreement at the table and where there is then risk of the federal government having to step in when there is a strike and use section 107. The key here is to get parties working together and to find ways to get agreements at the table—