Canada Industrial Relations Board
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Sep 21, 2026
Steven MacKinnonGUEST
... parties get to agreements on their own, and beyond that, we think, uh, these process improvements can get us a lot closer to 100.
David CochraneHOST
Okay, so there's now a two-step process, essentially, on the use of Section 107, and this is where the labor minister has the ability to send something to the Industrial Relations Board and order an end, essentially, to a disruption.
David CochraneHOST
And, uh, if I've got that right, it's, it's the appointment of a mediator-
Steven MacKinnonGUEST
Binding arbitration
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Vandana KattarPANELIST
I think there's more, um, information that needs to be shared within the bill, and people need time to study it.
Vandana KattarPANELIST
But any time you touch labor code, people do get nervous, so I think that's what the government will have to grapple with.
David CochraneHOST
You know, Kate, um, there, there may be a different bar and a set of guardrails to, to clear before you can refer a labor dispute to the Industrial Relations Board, but a- at the heart of it is still the, a pathway to end a strike should it happen.
Kate HarrisonPANELIST
Right.
Naira AhmedHOST
The act includes changes to streamline project approvals across the country, as well as adjustments to the Canada Labour Code in an effort to keep pace with a rapidly changing economy while protecting workers' rights to strike.
Naira AhmedHOST
In addition to the legislation, the Liberals plan to hire 100 new health and safety officers and an additional 26 workers at the Canada Industrial Relations Board to help clear the backlog of workers' complaints against employers.
Naira AhmedHOST
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister won't change his mind about his decision to eliminate the digital services tax and Canadian content contributions for streamers.
Naira AhmedHOST
Mark Carney made the remark after being asked by the Bloc Quebecois leader if he'll reconsider those decisions after they failed to secure progress in trade talks with the United States.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
we want?
Mackenzie GrayCORRESPONDENT
chronic problems such as labor disputes at Air Canada, WestJet and the railroads that in some cases saw the federal government direct the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to impose binding arbitration, essentially ending a labor dispute and forcing the company and employees back to work.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The government already has the power to intervene.
speaker_13SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The point is to reduce the time to times that the government is forced to solve the problem for employers and unions.
Noor AzriehHOST
But how do they actually do that?
Adam Donald KingGUEST
If you're Patty Hajdu, you just send an email, basically, to the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the quasi-judicial arm or an administrative arm.
Adam Donald KingGUEST
You ask them, "Hey, is this strike gonna end soon?" And of course [laughs] they say, "No." In which case, then you have to force the parties into arbitration.
Noor AzriehHOST
Do they get to say no?