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House Hansard - 256

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/27/23 12:30:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-58 
Mr. Speaker, I may be mistaken, but I do not think we have talked about Bill C‑58 in the past 15 minutes. Bill C‑58 is an anti-scab bill. Scabs have not been used back home in Quebec since 1977. I am very pleased to see that there is equity between Quebec workers with a Quebec employer and Quebec workers with a Canadian employer. The bill is very sound. I would like my colleague to explain why the Conservatives object to it.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
  • Nov/27/23 12:56:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a quick question for me is this: Does this include all unions not having anti-scab legislation? If it does not, why not?
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Nov/27/23 1:28:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that Quebec passed anti-scab legislation in 1977. From what I understand, the Conservatives are against passing a similar law in Canada. Can my colleague tell me whether he thinks Quebec made a mistake by passing that law in 1977?
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Mr. Daniel Blaikie
  • Nov/27/23 1:41:14 p.m.
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Indeed, Mr. Speaker, I would like to see this legislation in jurisdictions across the country. I was very proud that the new premier in Manitoba, Wab Kinew, in the election campaign that led to his premiership, committed to bringing in anti-scab legislation in Manitoba. I very much look forward to seeing the Government of Manitoba move ahead with that.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Ms. Jenny Kwan
  • Nov/27/23 1:59:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Conservatives were really concerned about workers and getting anti-scab legislation, first, they would actually vote for this and not play games with it. Second, I would like to hear them say they are against scabs and that they are against scab workers crossing picket lines. I have not heard them say that in this entire debate. The other thing I would like to see them do would be to call on the provincial governments, call on their buddy from Alberta, Danielle Smith, to bring in anti-scab legislation for Albertans. That would go a long way. Next, they should go to Ontario and call on Doug Ford to do exactly that as well.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Nov/27/23 5:41:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, as I said earlier, the Bloc Québécois introduced 11 anti-scab bills before the government introduced this one. To give a little background, when the member for Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, the dean of the House, introduced his bill in 1990, the Liberals voted overwhelmingly in favour of it, but the Conservatives voted against it. There were also 133 members of the House who abstained from voting, including a few New Democrats. Had the NDP caucus been united at that time, we would have had anti-scab legislation in 1990. It is rather surprising to see that the NDP has not always sided with workers, but I am glad to see that they have changed their position today.
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Context: House Hansard - 256 - Nov/27/23
Ms. Niki Ashton
  • Nov/27/23 5:42:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I do not know the details of that situation, but we know that the NDP has introduced this type of bill in the past and has supported anti-scab bills introduced by other parties, including the Bloc Québécois. Our priority was to ensure that this was part of our work in collaboration with the other parties, including the Liberal Party. To us, it is obvious that we need to move as quickly as possible without waiting 18 months for this bill to become a reality because the workers need it now.
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