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House Hansard - 181

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 181 - Apr/20/23
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-330, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (successor rights and obligations — airports). He said: Mr. Speaker, I am very honoured to introduce this bill under Private Members' Business to close a loophole in the Canada Labour Code that annuls existing labour contracts or collective agreements when there is a change of employer for subcontractors working at Canadian airports. This is an anomaly in our Canada Labour Code that causes these workers to go back to square one every time. Over the past few years, we have seen how this has led to disastrous results. Negotiations have to start over so the workers can get acceptable working conditions. Over the years, these employees have suffered setbacks in terms of their salaries, working conditions and the benefits they had. That is no way to ensure good labour relations in Quebec and Canada. This is not how things work in the whole of the private sector in this country, except for people who work at airports. This bill will attempt to fix this flaw by ensuring that these workers have the same rights as everyone else in this country. I encourage all parliamentarians to pay special attention to this and ensure that everyone has the same labour rights in Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 181 - Apr/20/23
Hon. Mona Fortier (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)
  • Apr/20/23 2:19:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform my colleagues that public servants are people who provide important services to Canadians for the government. We are currently negotiating to make sure we have an agreement that is competitive, fair to employees and reasonable to taxpayers. We are working very hard at the bargaining table and we will continue to do so until we have an agreement.
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