Liberals Table 200-Page Bill C-39 to Cap Project Reviews at 1 Year, Tighten Strike Intervention Rules
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Updated · Global News · Sep 20
Liberals Table 200-Page Bill C-39 to Cap Project Reviews at 1 Year, Tighten Strike Intervention Rules
3 articles · Updated · Global News · Sep 20
Summary
Bill C-39, tabled on Parliament’s first fall sitting day, would force decisions on major projects within one year and rewrite federal rules for government intervention in strikes affecting railways, ports and airlines.
The Liberals say the Building Canada Strong Act is needed to spur investment and protect an economy strained by the Canada-U.S. trade war, while ministers insist the labour changes make Section 107 a last-resort power with a higher bar for intervention.
More than 200 pages long, the bill is the government’s biggest legislative package so far and can pass the House without opposition votes because the Liberals now hold enough seats on their own.
Unions, the NDP and the Bloc attacked the measure as a threat to collective bargaining and environmental protections, while Conservatives said they are still reviewing it after backing last year’s major-projects law.