Jagmeet Singh said the Trudeau government will not be getting any help from the federal New Democrat Party (NDP) in pushing through legislation to end a British Columbia port workers strike.
NDP leader Mr. Singh made the remarks on July 4 in a statement that said his party “would oppose back-to-work legislation.”
“We would decline,” he said. “The New Democratic Party is for negotiated contracts and the right of workers to strike. We call on the parties to settle the dispute at the table.”
Parliament has shut down Pacific port disputes nine times in the past 50 years using emergency legislation, according to Blacklock’s Reporter in an article on July 5….