Discussion · Government Orders
Heather McPherson NDP
“The government should not give one minister the power to order people back to work without a debate or vote in Parliament. This hurts workers' rights. When employers know a minister can just force people back to work, they stop bargaining fairly.”
“Mr. Speaker, the member should know very well that they have used the essential services provision for section 107 to undermine workers’ ability to bargain in good faith with their employers more than any other government has ever done before. To not bring it to Parliament for a vote, to not debate it within the House of Commons and to give unilateral power to one minister is the opposite of what we should be doing. It is undermining workers’ rights in this country. He can try to find some ways of saying there is a rationale for it, but what this does is it allows any minister to order workers back to work. The minute employers know that power exists, they do not bargain in good faith.”
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Mr. Speaker, the member should know very well that they have used the essential services provision for section 107 to undermine workers’ ability to bargain in good faith with their employers more than any other government has ever done before. To not bring it to Parliament for a vote, to not debate it within the House of Commons and to give unilateral power to one minister is the opposite of what we should be doing. It is undermining workers’ rights in this country. He can try to find some ways of saying there is a rationale for it, but what this does is it allows any minister to order workers back to work. The minute employers know that power exists, they do not bargain in good faith.