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House Hansard - 183

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 24, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Ms. Rachel Blaney (North Island—Powell River, NDP)
  • Apr/24/23 2:30:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, workers deserve to be treated with respect. Canada's public service workers have been without a contract for two years. Now they are out in the rain fighting for their rights, and the minister is nowhere to be found. Because the government has failed to get a fair deal for the workers, Canadians across the country are feeling the impacts of the PSAC strike. It is time for the minister to show that she is going to walk the walk on labour rights, or will the minister continue to ignore these workers' rights?
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Hon. Diane Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue, Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 2:32:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will take absolutely no lessons from the Conservatives when it comes to negotiating with unions or providing services to Canadians. Canadians well remember the decade of darkness under Harper. The Conservatives cut services, muzzled scientists and tried to crush the labour movement across the country. After all that, they want to come and give us lessons. They should save themselves the embarrassment. Canadians have not forgotten, nor will they ever forget, that the public service under the Conservatives was all about cuts. It was “chop, chop, chop”.
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Apr/24/23 2:57:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, where is the Prime Minister in the labour dispute between his government and the public service? After a weekend without any progress and given that the situation is likely to escalate, the Prime Minister must personally intervene. That is a formal request from the union and it is also in the interest of Quebeckers, who have everything to lose if the dispute drags on. Every hour that passes moves us further away from a desirable negotiated solution and leads us closer to an escalation of tensions. Will the Prime Minister finally sit at the bargaining table?
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Mrs. Salma Zahid (Scarborough Centre, Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 3:09:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 10 years ago today, on April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring even more. That incident brought to light the inhuman conditions in which many workers around the world still work today. It reminds us that we have a responsibility as world leaders to fight for the rights of workers everywhere, regardless of borders and distance. Can the Minister of Labour update us on the work that our government is doing to protect workers around the world on this sombre anniversary?
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Context: House Hansard - 183 - Apr/24/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour, Lib.)
  • Apr/24/23 3:10:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Rana Plaza incident of 10 years ago is a painful reminder of the absolute necessity for workers around the world to have fair pay and safe working conditions. Canada is working with the International Labour Organization and unions to champion the rights of workers. We have built labour conditions into our trade agreements. Workers make trade possible, and they should reap the benefits of it. I went to Washington last year to launch M-POWER, a global initiative with the U.S. and other like-minded countries, to support unions and workers' rights and to eradicate forced labour in our supply chains.
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