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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
We won't know what was potentially coming based on the announcements this morning. Unifor's National President said this morning that they "we were prepared to respond with an unprecedented response ... Uniform members were, and are, prepared to vigorously oppose this law. Last evening, our national executive board voted unanimously to take whatever action was needed to defeat Bill 28." We can read into that whatever we want but it sounds like a pretty serious threat that could have rippling effects across Canada.
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Shouldn’t we all be ready to join them in the flippant use of the notwithstanding clause?
Effectively the government is saying that in Canada labour rights are not protected if the majority government decides it to be.
We already have court tested mechanisms to legislate essential workers back to work. The Ontario government is trying to do an end around these processes.
Also what can the government do if people refuse to work? It could be deemed an illegal strike and you could terminate people for non performance of their job but if people are willing to take those risks then there isn’t really anything the government can do.