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Parliament is back in session tomorrow and we're bringing the voice of the people to the halls of power.
At our caucus meeting earlier this month, we met with community organizers to hear about the work they're doing on the front lines of one of Canada's most expensive cities — from unions to food banks and housing organizers and many more.
While workers struggle to make ends meet, the Liberals have made it clear they're going to use this fall's session to attack the right to strike, push through privatization and more.
At this critical moment for our country, Avi Lewis and your NDP MPs are keeping up the fight for bold solutions to make life better for the many, not the money.
Les Libéraux ont montré leur vrai visage.
Ils ont eu l’occasion de prendre parti pour les travailleur·euses et de protéger le droit de grève.
Au lieu de cela, ils ont choisi le camp des grandes entreprises qui cherchent à les exploiter et à tirer d’eux tout ce qu’elles peuvent.
Les Libéraux ont fait leur choix — et ce n’est pas le vôtre.
The Liberals have shown their true colours.
They had their chance to stand with workers and protect the right to strike.
Instead, they stood with the corporations that want to exploit and squeeze them for all they’re worth.
The Liberals have chosen whose side they're on — and it isn't yours.
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Avi Lewis on Stelco: "The CEO has admitted on CBC that he bought this company in order to take out the competition for his U.S. steel mills. And now he's violating the law by by laying off hundreds of workers potentially right before Christmas. This is obscene."
We're building worker power with the grassroots, and we want you to be a part of it! Join @avilewis and local labour leaders to talk about what's at stake for workers and how we're organizing together in solidarity.
RSVP for a town hall near you:
📍Hamilton Townhall: actionnetwork.org/events/joi…
📍Windsor Townhall: actionnetwork.org/events/joi…
📍Peel Region Townhall: actionnetwork.org/events/joi…
DERNIÈRE HEURE : Les libéraux viennent de rejeter le projet de loi de la députée @LeahGazan visant à mettre fin au bris de grève par le gouvernement et à protéger le droit constitutionnel de grève.
Le NPD se range du côté des travailleuses et travailleurs ; les libéraux ont quant à eux choisi de se ranger du côté des milliardaires et des intérêts des grandes entreprises qui alimentent les crises auxquelles les travailleuses et travailleurs sont confronté·es chaque jour.
Mais le combat n’est pas terminé. Les libéraux et les conservateurs s’allient pour étendre ce pouvoir antidémocratique et rendre la vie plus difficile aux travailleuses et travailleurs avec le projet de loi C-39. Le NPD et les travailleuses et travailleurs d’un océan à l’autre riposteront à chaque étape.
ALT Image montrant une photo d’employés d’Air Canada en grève, accompagnée du texte suivant : Les libéraux rejettent le projet de loi du NPD visant à protéger le droit de grève.
NEW: Today, the Liberals voted down MP @LeahGazan's bill to end government strikebreaking and protect the constitutional right to strike.
The NDP stands with workers; they chose to stand with the billionaires and corporate interests that are fuelling the crises that working people face every day.
But the fight isn’t over. The Liberals and Conservatives are teaming up to expand this undemocratic power and make life harder for workers with Bill C-39. The NDP and workers coast to coast to coast will be fighting back every step of the way.
ALT Graphic with a photo of WestJet workers on strike with the text: BREAKING. Liberals vote down NDP bill to protect the right to strike.
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New Democrats have repeatedly raised concerns about the UAE’s human rights record with the Liberals – including the UAE’s role in the genocide in Sudan.
Canada should not sign a trade deal with a country fueling genocide and weapons should not be shipped while this continues.
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The Liberal government intervened to end legal strikes 10 times over the last three years. They did this by inappropriately using Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. In several cases, they did only hours after job action began.
You don't make Canada strong by attacking the workers who keep it running. But the Liberals have gone after workers on strike again and again. Now, they're entrenching these attacks into law.
Today, Parliament is voting on MP @LeahGazan’s bill to scrap Section 107 and end government interference in strikes. The NDP will always stand with workers. The other parties will have their chance to show whose side they're on.
Email your MP now and tell them to vote YES to Bill C-247.
leahgazan.ca/repeal_section_…
ALT Violated workers' rights 8 times in 2 years. The Liberals used Section 107 to intervene in the bargaining process that workers fought for.
ALT New Democrats are fighting back. MP Leah Gazan is leading the charge to repeal section 107 and protect your right to strike. Email your member of parliament and tell them to vote 'yes' to Bill C-247.
On ne renforce pas le Canada en s’en prenant aux travailleur·euses qui le font fonctionner. Mais les Libéraux n’ont cessé de cibler les travailleur·euses en grève. Aujourd’hui, ils inscrivent ces attaques dans la loi.
Aujourd'hui, le Parlement vote sur le projet de loi de la députée @LeahGazan visant à abroger l'article 107 et à mettre fin à l'ingérence du gouvernement dans les grèves. Le NPD va toujours défendre les travailleur·euses. Les autres partis auront l'ocassion de montrer de quel côté ils se situent.
Énvoyez un couriel à votre député·e dès maintenant pour lui demander de voter OUI au projet de loi C-247.
leahgazan.ca/repeal_section_…
ALT 8 fois en 2 ans. Les Libéraux ont eu recours à l’article 107 pour intervenir dans le processus de négociation, processus pour lequel les travailleuses et les travailleurs se sont battus.
ALT Le NPD passe à l’offensive. La députée Leah Gazan mène la lutte pour faire abroger l’article 107 et protéger votre droit de grève. Énvoyez un couriel à votre député·e pour lui demander de voter oui au projet de loi C-247.
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Join us demanding the Liberals respect the right to strike by emailing your MP here:
leahgazan.ca/repeal_section_…
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Again and again the Liberal government has attacked workers’ Charter-protected collective bargaining rights and their right to strike. The Liberals have undermined legal strikes 10 times in just three years using Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. Now, they’re trying to extend this authoritarian power in Bill C-39.
The @NDP has joined workers saying that enough is enough. My Bill C-247 to uphold the right to strike will be voted on this afternoon, when workers across Canada will find out if the Liberals will respect their right to bargain for a fair deal, or will keep taking orders from billionaires and corporate executives.
ALT Flight attendants with signs: “unpaid work won’t fly”. Headline: Protect the right to strike! Repeal section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.
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“Leaders from Treaty No. 6, No. 7, No. 8 and the Blackfoot Confederacy — along with NDP MP Leah Gazan — were also among those who added their voices to previous calls from chiefs in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec for the Carney government to withdraw the controversial Bill C-39. That legislation has sparked objections from environmentalists, unions and Indigenous groups as it seeks to hasten federal assessments of development projects like pipelines, electricity grids, mines and more.”
thestar.com/politics/federal…
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The American CEO who bought Stelco is openly admitting that he purchased the company to sabotage it.
This is why the Liberals should have never approved Stelco's sale in the first place. When you give away ownership of a critical industry like steel, your economy is forever under another's thumb.
There is only one solution that will save these jobs and put Canada back in the driver's seat: we need to nationalize Stelco.
Lors d’un échange avec @avilewis au Broadbent Institute, l’économiste de renommée mondiale @IsabellaMWeber a rappelé que, si les politiciens et politiciennes font correctement leur travail, ils et elles sont censé·es à se faire des ennemis.
Lorsque la survie même des personnes est en conflit direct avec les profits des entreprises, nous méritons de savoir de quel côté se situent nos élu·es.
In conversation with @avilewis at the Broadbent Institute, world-renowned economist @IsabellaMWeber reminded us that if politicians are doing their jobs correctly, they’re supposed to make some enemies.
If the very survival of people is in direct conflict with record profits for corporations, you deserve to know whose side the party you're voting for is on.
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This is @MarkJCarney ’s Climate Contradiction: promising to protect nature internationally while weakening environmental safeguards at home. Canada must stop the double talk and start delivering real protections. #COP17Armenia 2/
