44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 11, 2024 10:00AM
- Apr/11/24 11:00:49 a.m.
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moved:
Motion No. 8
That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 7 on page 3 with the following:
“(v) advance the well-being of workers;”
Motion No. 9
That Bill C-50, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 3 with the following:
“(v) recognize the anticipated 170,000 immediate job losses and 2,700,000 other jobs which will be disrupted and, therefore, advance the well-being of workers and”
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- Apr/11/24 11:09:31 a.m.
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moved:
That Bill C-50, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 27 and 28 on page 5 with the following:
“decent work, namely work — including, but not limited to, jobs in which workers are represented by a trade union that has entered”
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- Apr/11/24 11:11:07 a.m.
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moved:
Motion No. 64
That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 7 with the following:
“(b) three members who, among them, represent unionized and non-unionized workers;”
Motion No. 69
That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 7 with the following:
“(c) three members who represent lndigenous peoples, of whom at least two also represent workers or employers;”
Motion No. 71
That Bill C-50, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 25 to 28 on page 7 with the following:
“(e) two members who represent other key stakeholder groups.”
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- Apr/11/24 11:41:05 a.m.
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moved:
That Bill C-50, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 13 with the following:
“services for workers with respect to”
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- Apr/11/24 12:21:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not quite understand why the Conservative Party is taking such an objection to having more workers and communities at the table. This legislation would create opportunities for connections and for providing annual advice to the ministers, ultimately leading to five-year plans.
I actually believe the Conservatives used AI in order to generate 20,000-plus amendments.
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- Apr/11/24 12:56:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, certainly what we have seen from the Conservatives is part of the pattern of toxic disinformation. The only way one can get away with standing up in the House and making ridiculous claims about some kind of international globalist conspiracy that will kill 170,000, 190,000 or millions of jobs is if they try to shut down the facts.
We saw at our committee that every time workers came to speak, the Conservatives shut them down. They shut down the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, whose members work in the oil patch. They shut down the carpenters union, whose members work on so many of the building projects. They shut down the Canadian Labour Congress. They shut down Unifor, which represents workers in the EV plants. They shut down the Alberta Federation of Labour.
What is it about the Conservatives that they are so angry and are ensuring that the workers who brought the bill forward are not allowed to speak, so the Conservatives can get their disinformation sock puppets to spread falsehoods? Why is it so important that we actually have the voice of labour at the table when we are talking about the transition that is under way?
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- Apr/11/24 12:58:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is extremely important that we have the voices of workers at the table. The transition obviously would fundamentally affect them. It would create opportunities that would actually engage workers, their families and their communities in the development of whole new industries around hydrogen, critical minerals and critical minerals processing, biofuels, nuclear technology and a whole range of other things. It is enormously important that good public policy is informed by conversations with the stakeholders affected, and that very much includes the labour movement.
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- Apr/11/24 1:13:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there were procedural games on all sides when it came to December and the discussion on amendments to the bill.
On the member's point about trust, that is a really important one. On that point, we can agree that we need to be doing more to be more honest with workers about what is actually in the bill.
The member mentioned the words “just transition”. This is a term that has been deeply turned into a partisan context. However, the reality is that the term just transition speaks of justice for workers. We need to centre the interests and rights of workers in the transition to a clean economy.
I am disappointed that the term has become as politicized as it has. I am disappointed that it is not in this legislation, because it is workers who fought for it to be in the Paris agreement.
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- Apr/11/24 3:06:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, workers in Vaughan—Woodbridge and across the country have been clear that the sustainable jobs act is critical to ensuring they have the tools and skills they need to build up our net-zero future, from greener buildings to electric vehicles and clean energy. The tens of thousands of Conservative amendments on this legislation are designed to block this bill and block workers from getting a seat at the table.
Can the Minister of Energy tell the House why we are here fighting for workers today?
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- Apr/11/24 3:07:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today we are in the House fighting for workers and communities in Canada, so we can create sustainable jobs moving forward. We will grow the economy and we will fight climate change. Standing in the way of workers is the Conservative leader, a proud supporter of notorious anti-worker legislation, including Bill C-377 and Bill C-525. His plan for Canada is to cut investments, to let our economy fall behind and to let the planet burn.
Our plan will ensure we are building an economy in which Canadian workers and Canadian communities will win, and we will vote as many times as it takes to get it done.
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- Apr/11/24 3:31:14 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it did not happen in the 1980s. I can tell that member that some of us remember exactly where we were in July 1992 when that happened.
Let me add something else, first and foremost, we have developed an expertise in Newfoundland and Labrador in the offshore that not only this government but every Newfoundlander and Labradorian is extremely proud of. We will continue to grow that industry as we welcome new and better opportunities. We will not stand in its way. We will listen to workers.
I ask this member to please tell me where in the bill some dictum comes down from on high. We are creating a table, we are putting workers at the head of that table, and we are saying that we will listen to their advice, full stop.
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- Apr/11/24 4:01:13 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, what I do know is that Canadian jobs are going to transition whether we bring in the legislation or not, because that is the way the world is. Bringing forward the legislation would allow more stability and security for the workers. That is what the member is missing.
If we go back to the cod moratorium, the Conservative government of the day did not bring in a transition plan, and thousands of families were left without a way to put food on the table or a job to go to. We are not going to gamble on this in the oil and gas industry; we are going to have a firm energy transition so workers will have those jobs and the skills they need to do the work.
What I can tell the member is that the new transition to a greener economy, whether it is transitioning in mining, oil and gas, or whatever sector, would be creating new, high-paying jobs, and the member knows that.
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- Apr/11/24 4:19:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, in Canada we have lost hundreds of thousands of jobs in the resource sector. One example is in forestry. Canada has not had a softwood lumber agreement since 2015. We have lost a lot of forestry workers.
We are talking about people transitioning into other jobs, and I am listening to the Liberal representatives talk about that. In my riding, a mill closed and was trying to “transition” people into different jobs. I was talking to mill workers who were saying that mill work was what they wanted to do. It is where their love is, and they do not want to be training for another job. We have to hear those voices when we are talking—
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