For the first time there are more new COVID-19 cases outside of China than within China. This is a concerning development. Canadians deserve clear answers from their government on its plans to deal with a potential outbreak here in Canada.
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The NDP urged Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to commit to not intervening in a future strike by invoking Section 107 of the Labour Code. Hajdu invoked that statute last summer to force striking Air Canada flight attendants back to work and order binding arbitration. The union ignored the order and a negotiated agreement was ultimately reached with the airline. “This clear contempt for workers’ fundamental rights is unacceptable and must not be repeated,” NDP MPs Don Davies and Leah Gazan wrote in a letter to Hajdu.
NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies introduced Bill C-284, legislation designed to close a loophole in the Canada Labour Code that employers have begun to exploit to undermine the ban on scabs. If passed, it would revise the Code to clarify that the prohibition on firms utilizing employees from outside the struck workplace during a strike or lockout includes managers.
NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies said Canada’s biggest housing issue isn’t supply, but rather affordability. And big corporate investors like real estate investment trusts or REITs are only making matters worse. “There’s not a shortage of the kinds of product that wealthy people or investors may want,” he said in an interview on Wednesday.