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House Hansard - 220

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Sep/19/23 12:18:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-49 
Mr. Speaker, moving toward renewable energies is a path forward that we must consider. However, we must also think about workers' rights. Sometimes the devil is in the details. Subsection 25(4.2) on page 16 stipulates that any person employed by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is not subject to the Canada Labour Code. Does my colleague agree with that? Is this something we should amend, or at least clarify? Why should these workers not be protected by the Canada Labour Code?
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Sep/19/23 12:19:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-49 
Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. We need to make sure that, whenever we go forward on anything with respect to clean energy, the rights of workers are protected and they are fully covered. We will certainly be looking at that. We spoke with the Liberals again and again about how the clean energy tax credits have to be tied to apprenticeships and standard wage rates, so we are not creating McJobs but actually creating well-paying union jobs. That is Biden's commitment in the United States and needs to be the commitment here, and we will continue to push. I am certainly willing to work with the Bloc on this to make sure that it is clarified in the legislation.
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Sep/19/23 12:36:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-49 
Mr. Speaker, as indicated by many in this House, we are faced with a climate crisis. In my community in British Columbia we are seeing forest fires. We are seeing catastrophe happening right before our eyes. We know that this has impacted the Atlantic provinces as well, so we are not spared, and this is the reality we are faced with. One of the questions I keep on wondering about is in terms of the action from the government. For the workers who are in the energy sector, the assurance that needs to be given to them is a pathway to an alternative energy and to different infrastructure building. Will the government support a jobs guarantee for the workers in the energy sector and in other energy infrastructure development in Canada? That way, we could transition people smoothly into the sector and ensure that the good-paying union jobs are secured for them and their families.
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal (Surrey—Newton, Lib.)
  • Sep/19/23 2:50:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I commend the Minister of Labour for his leadership during the longshore workers strike in British Columbia. Workers in Surrey—Newton and across the country have been loud and clear that they support legislation to ban the use of replacement workers. This morning, workers gathered on Parliament Hill to call for legislation as soon as possible. Can the minister tell us if and when this government will prohibit the use of replacement workers in federally regulated industries?
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Labour and Seniors, Lib.)
  • Sep/19/23 2:51:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member of Parliament for Surrey—Newton can tell his constituents exactly what I told workers who gathered on Parliament Hill this morning. We will table legislation to ban replacement workers this fall because we believe in collective bargaining, because replacement works distract from the table, because they prolong disputes and because they poison workplaces for years afterwards. I hope that all parties in this House, as they did for paid sick leave, will join us and vote unanimously to ban replacement workers.
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