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House Hansard - 155

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Feb/7/23 10:22:18 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, what I am hearing is that the NDP-Liberal plan to triple, triple, triple the carbon tax will do nothing to fight climate change. The NDP has nothing to say about workers. It has abandoned workers. The NDP members believe that the greedy government, of which they are a part, should have more of workers' paycheques. There was a time, way back in the day, when the NDP actually fought for working people. Now they fight for big government and special interests in Ottawa. They have abandoned and are now attacking the working people by raising their home heating bills, raising their gas bills, raising their grocery bills and raising their taxes so the government, the bureaucracy, the special interests in Ottawa, the McKinseys of the world who get these juicy contracts, for which the NDP voted, get more and the working people get less. We believe exactly the opposite.
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
  • Feb/7/23 2:59:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, hundreds of Canadian Labour Congress workers are on Parliament Hill today. Among them are the United Steelworkers members employed by Océan Remorquage in Sorel‑Tracy. They are here because the federal government supports the use of scabs in their labour dispute. Even today, Quebec workers are still being replaced by scabs who are paid three times their wages because the federal government is 50 years behind the times. The minister has held his consultations. There are no more excuses for failing to take action. Will he immediately introduce an anti-scab bill?
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour, Lib.)
  • Feb/7/23 2:59:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in my mandate letter, I committed to further restrict the use of replacement workers. We held consultations, and the bill that the government will introduce in the House by the end of the year will reflect the results of those consultations.
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour, Lib.)
  • Feb/7/23 3:01:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a ban on replacement workers would be the most significant progress that we have seen for workers in this country. It is something that unions and labour leaders, for years, have been asking for. We on this side of the House will make sure that we get it right. Far from inaction, we have just finished thorough consultations with employers and with labour unions, and on this side of the House, on such an important piece of legislation that has been asked for by labour for decades, we will get it right.
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Context: House Hansard - 155 - Feb/7/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Feb/7/23 3:07:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I respect the member a lot. He is my critic. However, this is not the time for recrimination. This is the time for solutions. That is exactly what we are doing on this side of the House. Yesterday, I spoke with the CEO of Mitsubishi Chemical in Japan. We all understand, in the House, what we should care about is preserving jobs, preserving the plant in Quebec City and making sure we keep the technology. That is exactly what we are doing. We are going to fight for the workers, because we know this is a technology that could save lives in the future.
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