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Jenny Kwan NDP
“I oppose this bill. It puts all the risks on local communities, Indigenous people, and the environment. It also takes away workers' rights to strike, which lets employers treat them unfairly.”
“Madam Speaker, what I said was that Canada does need to build infrastructure, and what I said was that we need to build infrastructure that benefits the people. I asked a question about who has the power, who benefits and who takes the risks. This bill would put all the risks on the community, on the environment and on indigenous people, and at the expense of the government saying that it wants to build faster. However, we cannot undo extinction. When we take away labour rights, constitutionally protected rights in our charter, and when the government wields its power under this bill to override people’s right to strike, it tells employers everything they need to know, which is that they do not need to bargain fairly at the negotiating table, and that is wrong.”
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Madam Speaker, what I said was that Canada does need to build infrastructure, and what I said was that we need to build infrastructure that benefits the people. I asked a question about who has the power, who benefits and who takes the risks. This bill would put all the risks on the community, on the environment and on indigenous people, and at the expense of the government saying that it wants to build faster. However, we cannot undo extinction. When we take away labour rights, constitutionally protected rights in our charter, and when the government wields its power under this bill to override people’s right to strike, it tells employers everything they need to know, which is that they do not need to bargain fairly at the negotiating table, and that is wrong.