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I Told You: Tories Are Considering Adding Harm to "Economy" to Definition of Essential Services

by David Doorey October 22, 2011
written by David Doorey October 22, 2011

Yesterday morning, I wrote that I expect the Federal government to add “the economy” to threats to health and safety in their definition of essential services. In other words, the law would be changed to require work to continue through a work stoppage, or a work stoppage would be banned altogether, if someone (the government or Labour Board) believes a work stoppage would harm the economy.
Yesterday evening, the CBC show Power and Politics put the question to Minister Raitt directly.  Are they considering adding “the economy” to essential services?  Raitt responded that they are considering that, though no decision has been made.  Watch the interview here. There you go.  It took less than a day for my prediction to be confirmed, not that this government is predictable or anything.  🙂
What do you think of this?  Should a strike or lockout be unlawful anytime that it would have deleterious impact on the Canadian economy?
 

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Professor Doorey is an Associate Professor of Work Law and Industrial Relations at York University. He is Academic Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s executive LLM Program in Labour and Employment Law and a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program. Professor Doorey is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., Ph.D), London School of Economics (LLM Labour Law), and the University of Toronto (B.A., M.I.R.).

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