Positions of the two sides are irreconcilable without federal government coercion
Earlier this week, Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, expressed his exasperation at the federal government’s inaction when he said “the withdrawal of services by our politicians is even more serious than the withdrawal of services by our port workers. Every day, more damage is done. Who will speak for Canada?”
However, nobody could ever accuse O’Regan of being dogmatic about his ideological principles — which, in this case, is just as well. Again, his concern appeared to be the relationship between the two sides, rather than the immense damage the dispute is inflicting on the Canadian economy. “If you look at the history of Canadian governments, I don’t think any other government would have allowed the strike to have continued for this long,” Beatty said. “They would have recognized that the broader public interest required intervention.”Article contentThe use of back-to-work legislation has been a settled means of ending strikes the government considers injurious to the national interest since Louis Saint Laurent ended a rail strike in 1950.
If the employers or the union decide to call O’Regan’s bluff, the consequences for the Canadian economy would be decidedly unpleasant. Even if the House and Senate are recalled, it would likely take a week, maybe two, for back-to-work legislation to make its way through Parliament.
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