Scabs could be used again in any dispute, whether it be a strike or a lockout affecting workers under federal jurisdiction.
That's what we're currently seeing at the Port of Québec.
At the risk of repeating myself, the employees of Quebec Saint-Laurent, or QSL, have now been locked out for 14 months. They're going to spend a second Christmas on the picket lines, and scabs have been doing their job for the last 14 months.
If the goal is to soften labour relations and to create winning conditions for everyone so that the parties reach an agreement as quickly as possible, the anti‑scab bill should come into force immediately after it receives royal assent.
The special act, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of operations at the Port of Montreal, came into force immediately after royal assent.
So I don't see why 18 months are needed to implement such fundamental provisions for workers under federal jurisdiction.