Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have mastered the art of ruining labour relations.
After Canada Post, Air Canada and so many others, now things are deteriorating at the CBC. Indeed, 1,600 employees at Radio-Canada—the French network—in Quebec City and Moncton have been in negotiations for the past 18 months.
They simply want to discuss bringing their salaries in line with those of their anglophone colleagues, but the Conservatives refuse to listen.
Will the Minister of Labour act now and give mediators the powers they need to find a solution and settle this matter while respecting these artists?