Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition initiated by a strong fellow Manitoban, Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, which represents over three million workers across Canada.
This petition calls on the Liberal government to end its strike-breaking tactics, repeal section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and uphold workers' charter-protected right to strike, something that thousands of delegates at the CLC convention voted to support. My and my NDP colleagues' bill, Bill C-247, which will be debated this week, would repeal section 107. I echo the message from the thousands of workers who signed this petition for the Liberal government to uphold the right to strike in Canada.