Question Period Note: OVERVIEW OF LABOUR BILLS AND POLICIES SINCE 2015

The Government has made significant improvements to federal labour policy since 2015.

• This Government has worked hard to ensure that federally regulated workplaces are fair, healthy, safe and equitable.
• Since 2015, we have modernized the Canada Labour Code through several legislative and regulatory amendments and implemented numerous policies to protect workers while balancing the needs of employers and employees.
• Supporting workers and employers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront of our efforts, and we have continued to make important changes to federal labour policy.
• Key accomplishments include: introducing a $15 federal minimum wage, adding the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a federal statutory holiday, introducing pay equity legislation and pay transparency rules, legislation and regulations making work place harassment and violence prevention a health and safety issue, and the modernization of federal labour standards.

• Since 2015, the Minister of Labour’s mandate commitments have focused on supporting the Government’s broader priority to build a stronger middle class, and on ensuring that labour protections continue to reflect today’s workplace realities. While handling the pandemic has been a top priority since 2020, progress has continued on numerous other commitments.
• The Government’s labour policy agenda has addressed the changing nature of work by updating the Canada Labour Code to ensure Canadians have a robust and modern set of federal employment standards. It is also supporting Government priorities of equity, diversity and inclusion through initiatives such as: proactive pay equity, pay transparency, review of employment equity, enhanced harassment and violence protection and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through the creation of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
• Mandate letters have also committed the Minister of Labour to seek the advice and hear the perspectives of a diverse group of Canadians. Consultations and public outreach on the Government’s labour agenda have gone further than the traditional tripartite model of business and labour groups, and have also included a wide range of stakeholders, experts, non-governmental organizations, provincial and territorial governments and Canadians.

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