moved for leave to introduce Bill C-262, an act to provide for the settlement of labour disputes affecting the export of grain by arbitration and to amend the Public Service Staff Relations Act in consequence thereof.
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to introduce this bill which affects grain transportation labour disputes. As all of us in this assembly know, these disputes have cost farmers in western Canada millions of dollars and it is time to do something about it.
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the settlement of labour disputes affecting the export of grain. It will do this by providing a process for final offer selection arbitration to prevent grain transportation strikes on the coast.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)