By Craig Lord The Liberal government is expected to unveil new legislation with major implications for labour relations on Monday. The Building Canada Strong Act will be one of the first pieces of legislation Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government introduces in the new fall sitting of Parliament. In addition to streamlining rules for project reviews across the country, the act is expected to propose changes to the Canada Labour Code. Labour leaders, including the heads of Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress, have said any measure that restricts workers’ ability to strike would weaken their rights and strip them of bargaining power. They worry the legislation will codify the government’s use of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to quash strike actions when a dispute is deemed to threaten…
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