An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012

Sponsor

Seamus O'Regan  Liberal

Status

In committee (House), as of Feb. 27, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things,
(a) amend the scope of the prohibition relating to replacement workers by removing the requirement of demonstrating a purpose of undermining a trade union’s representational capacity, by adding persons whose services must not be used during legal strikes and lockouts and by providing certain exceptions;
(b) prohibit employers from using, during a legal strike or lockout intended to involve the cessation of work by all employees in a bargaining unit, the services of an employee in that unit, subject to certain exceptions;
(c) make the contravention by employers of either of those prohibitions an offence punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 per day;
(d) authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations establishing an administrative monetary penalties scheme for the purpose of promoting compliance with those prohibitions; and
(e) amend the maintenance of activities process in order to, among other things, encourage employers and trade unions to reach an earlier agreement respecting activities to be maintained in the event of a legal strike or lockout, encourage faster decision making by the Canada Industrial Relations Board when parties are unable to agree and reduce the need for the Minister of Labour to make referrals to the Board.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

Feb. 27, 2024 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on March 21, 2024

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 8, 2024

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 11, 2024

  • Caroline Senneville, President, Confédération des syndicats nationaux
  • Robert Ashton, President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada
  • Marty Warren, National Director, United Steelworkers Union
  • Todd Lewis, Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
  • Jasmin Guénette, Vice-President, National Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Christina Santini, Director, National Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Derrick Hynes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communications
  • Brodie Berrigan, Director, Government Relations and Farm Policy, Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 15, 2024

  • Sean Strickland, Executive Director, Canada's Building Trades Unions
  • Mariam Abou-Dib, Executive Director, Government Affairs, Teamsters Canada
  • Nicolas Lapierre, Assistant to the Quebec Director, United Steelworkers Union
  • Charles Smith, Associate Professor, Political Science, Saint Thomas More College, As an Individual
  • Mark Hancock, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees
  • Donna Hokiro, President, United Steelworkers Local 1944
  • Annick Desjardins, Executive Assistant, National President's Office, Canadian Union of Public Employees

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 18, 2024

  • Ginette Brazeau, Chairperson, Canada Industrial Relations Board
  • Dave Carey, Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations, Canadian Canola Growers Association
  • Robert Ghiz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Telecommunications Association
  • Eric Smith, Senior Vice-President, Canadian Telecommunications Association