Ottawa should squash some strikes before they start, employer group suggests

Labour minister should be able to force preemptive binding arbitration, says Derrick Hynes, head of the Federally Regulated Employers — Transportation and Communications

Employers are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to allow the labor minister to preemptively limit strike action in sectors such as airlines, railroads and ports if the minister believes it threatens the national public interest — a move unions fiercely oppose.

Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney on the matter indicate several correspondents see the affectation as a way of countering U.S. cultural dominance.

A flurry of emails to Carney followed news last December that promoters of Canadian English objected to the federal government’s use of British spelling in official documents.

Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa’s spelling protocol should lean British  Toronto Star