OTTAWA, Ontario (RFD News) —Canada’s Parliament is back in session with proposed changes to labor and transportation laws drawing attention from the agriculture industry.
Lyndsey Smith with RealAg Radio joined us on Tuesday’s Market Day Report to discuss the legislation.
In her conversation with RFD News, Smith said Bill C-39 includes labor code changes that could allow the government to intervene when a strike is deemed to have a significant adverse national impact.
Labor unions have pushed back, arguing the changes could remove their right to strike.
The legislation also addresses railway interswitching, which can require one railway to move freight for another.
Smith said the proposal would extend expanded interswitching rules for 48 months, depending on the reliability of Canada’s trading relationship with the United States.
