Singh blasts Trudeau for back-to-work attack on unions

OTTAWA—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released the following statement in response to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government overriding union rights to force binding arbitration on workers at British Columbia and Montreal ports:

“Justin Trudeau is again making it clear to the ports CEOs and all big corporations—being a bad boss pays off. The Liberal government will always cave to corporate greed, and always step in to make sure the unions have no power.

Canadians will pay for Trudeau’s anti-worker attack. Back-to-work orders suppress wages for all Canadians, so billionaires get richer and the rest of Canadians fall further behind. And especially in the case of the ports negotiations, Trudeau’s order is putting good Canadian jobs at risk.

More than ever, Canada needs more good, unionized, mortgage-paying jobs, not fewer.

Unlike the Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre, who hides when workers are in a fight, the NDP will always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working people and unions. Poilievre undermined workers and unions when he voted for back-to-work legislation eight times.

We believe the only place to get a fair deal is at the bargaining table.”