Thank you for the question.
We want to ban the use of replacement workers. That was a commitment we made in the last election with the agreement of the NDP. I'd like to thank Senator Hassan Yussuff and my NDP colleague Alexandre Boulerice for their work.
We want to make sure that the collective bargaining process is as open and fair as it can be. I'm committed to developing a fairer collective bargaining process in federally regulated workplaces. We'll be introducing a bill to further limit the use of replacement workers.
Last year, I launched consultations on this commitment. I also asked stakeholders to share their views on the best ways to improve the sustainment process. On November 30, 2022, we extended consultations for six weeks to give stakeholders more time to submit comments. The consultations have now ended. During those six weeks, we held five round tables with employers, unions and our Indigenous partners, and I was pleased to attend several of those sessions. We will take the comments we received into account as we draft the bill, which we want to introduce by the end of the year.