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House Hansard - 286

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 27, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Mr. Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre, NDP)
  • Feb/27/24 2:55:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, personal support workers are the backbone of our senior care system. They relieve young families worried about how they will take care of both their children and their parents. However, despite everything they do, many of these workers cannot retire with the dignity they deserve. For three years, the Liberal government has promised SEIU and other health care units help with building their retirement savings. It is a $50-million commitment, yet not a single dollar has flowed to these workers. New Democrats demand better for our care workers. Will the Liberal government honour its commitment and release the funds these health care workers deserve before the fiscal year ends?
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Mr. Tony Van Bynen (Newmarket—Aurora, Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 2:56:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last November, our government tabled legislation to ban the use of replacement workers in federally regulated industries, a commitment from our 2021 election platform. This is something that the labour movement in Canada has been asking for since before Canada was a country. This will both make the collective bargaining process stronger and make employers and unions focus on the negotiating table, where the best deals are made. Will the Minister of Labour explain to the House how our bill to ban replacement workers will strengthen the collective bargaining process in this country?
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 2:57:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-58 
Mr. Speaker, we are banning replacement workers. We are banning replacement workers because we believe in collective bargaining. We are banning replacement workers because the best deals are made at the table, bigger paycheques are negotiated at the table, and better labour relations and long-term stability are created at the table. Let us keep that bargaining table free and fair with the full support of every MP in the House. With unanimous consent, let us vote to move Bill C-58. Let us make some history. Let us ban replacement workers.
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Context: House Hansard - 286 - Feb/27/24
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Feb/27/24 3:18:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can say, certainly today of all days, we stand with workers, and we stand for a stable and fair working environment. I will immediately look into the situation that the member described.
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