Kyle Seeback at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On April 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.

April 29th, 2024 / 5:20 p.m.

Conservative

Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON

Thank you very much.

Minister, I'm sure you've seen the letter from the CBTU with respect to the job situation at Stellantis. I could read it to you, but I'm not going to. One of their key things is that NextStar is refusing to sign a memorandum of understanding with the CBTU guaranteeing the hiring of local Canadian contractors. The unemployment rate in the Windsor area is 8.1%.

In your role as Minister of Labour, which is to protect unionized workers, have you demanded that NextStar sign a memorandum of understanding with the CBTU to guarantee the hiring of local Canadian contractors for the Stellantis plant? If you haven't, why not?

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