The Liberal government has introduced legislation it believes will help unions and employers get to deals faster and reduce labour disruptions in the economy.
The Building Canada Strong Act includes changes to streamline project approvals across the country as well as adjustments to the Canada Labour Code.
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The government says in a news release that it’s making changes to the federal labour framework to keep pace with a rapidly changing economy while protecting workers’ rights to strike.
In addition to the legislation, the Liberals plan to hire 100 new health and safety officers to boost inspection capacity.
The government will also hire an additional 26 workers at the Canada Industrial Relations Board to help clear the backlog of workers’ complaints against employers.
The Liberals say these changes will help promote labour stability at a critical time for the economy but union leaders are wary that changes could impede workers’ rights.
I see those NDP floor crossers are still weak little traitors.
I thought Carney was going to reduce the government workers now he is making new departments that will have office costs as well as salaries. More government workers = less being done.
Maybe if Carney and this Liberal government got a deal over these Tariffs that maybe more of a benefit for Canadians
“but union leaders are wary that changes could impede workers’ rights.”
They’re getting what they voted for, stop complaining.
Speeding up projects is a good idea. Not sure it’s necessary to further enable the federal government to impose arbitration. We need more labour rights, not less.
So now after all the promises that haven’t been fulfilled now they are taking away the right to vote and trying to say that’s the problem. The problem is Carney and this Liberal government are incompetent plain and simple.
After the Cabinet retreat and Liberal caucus meeting this is the best that the government could come up with.
What time line are they working with for speeding up projects. What would take 10 years will now take 9 years and 11 months? That will show that this Bill is working and the stats will prove how great the Liberals were to bring in this great big wonderful bill to the house of zero common sense!
This article lacks any real details and feels more like the story was fed to them from a single bottlenecked source. I could probably get more information from a forum.
When Ford tabled measures to speed up projects the media spun it differently and the sheep gobbled it up.
IF THIS IS THE TOTAL SUM OF THE STORY, GLOBAL IS WASTING SPACE.
Really ! Times a wastin. Nothing new started so far !