Singh: Anti-worker move proof that Trudeau caves to corporate greed
Singh: Anti-worker move proof that Trudeau caves to corporate greed
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released the following statement in response to the Liberal government’s decision to undermine 9,300 workers with a binding arbitration order in the CN and CPKC lockout:
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I wish there was more focus on the reasons why arbitration had to be forced. Our rail and its workers, and therefore our entire economy, is held hostage by two (two!!) companies. I think it's high time they were split up.
Break them up to encourage competition and electrification.
It could be public but then that’s one company holding it up
We don’t allow freight and logistics companies to own highways, so we do we still let them own track?
The public should own the tracks. Rail companies should be freed to focus on competing for cargo and passengers.
Yes but that’s a separate issue and exists to keep truckers employed
What’s your logic for treating it separately? The tracks and roads both serve as infrastructure to move people and goods around, yet the public owns only roads.
We could keep more train conductors employed too if we had a fairer access system for tracks.
The shipping would still be controlled by a duopoly