Mr. Speaker, this morning, the B.C. Maritime Employers Association imposed a bad-faith lockout on over 700 ILWU Local 514 workers at B.C. ports. This blatant attempt to manipulate the Liberal government into undermining workers' rights is an outrageous assault on free collective bargaining.
Will the Liberal minister categorically reject any intervention that would force these port workers to give up their collective bargaining rights, or will he bow to the employer?