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Burnham delivered honesty and emotion – but what about the promises? Our experts assess his plans

The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.
Strikes are a key tool workers use during collective bargaining disputes, and Bill C-39 has renewed debate over the role of government in resolving such disputes. Air Canada flight attendants on strike at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Aug. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes

Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members walk a picket line at the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., in 2024. The railway sector has played an important role in Canada’s labour movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture

The federal government says new labour rules will reduce intervention in strikes, but they could weaken workers’ bargaining power.
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members picket outside the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway headquarters in Calgary, Aug. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround

A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut constitutional protections workers won in court.

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