Liberals set to table anti-scab labour legislation today, fulfilling a key NDP demand

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with longshore workers from the Port de Quebec, who have been locked out for a year, during a rally for federal anti-scab legislation on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.

The NDP is seeing one of the key demands of its agreement with the Liberals fulfilled today as the government tables long-anticipated anti-scab legislation.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with longshore workers from the Port de Quebec during a rally for federal anti-scab legislation on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 19, 2023. The NDP is seeing one of the key demands of its agreement with the Liberals fulfilled today as the government tables long-anticipated anti-scab legislation.

British Columbia and Quebec have similar legislation. New Democrats have attempted to bring in a bill of their own more than eight times over the past 15 years. The last time an NDP anti-scab bill went to a vote,An anti-scab bill was one of the NDP's demands when it signed an agreement with the Liberals promising the government support on key pieces of legislation in exchange for progress on New Democrats' policy priorities.

A source within Canada's labour movement confirmed they're expecting the government to table legislation to boost workers' rights during a cost-of-living crisis.

 

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