Patty Hajdu: “These changes mean that, as many people have called for, the labour minister must meet a higher bar before intervention…”

This clarity means that the minister will have to show his or her work clearly, outlining why the need for arbitration or other dispute mechanisms is necessary," she said.

In terms of workers’ rights, we’re actually strengthening their rights.

Obviously this has been a challenging piece of work, but it’s been an amazing piece of work.

And that mediator's report — should it become public — is not going to be pleasant for a company's shareholders [or] their reputation in Canada and worldwide. Nobody wants to know that their shipper had a deal at the table and didn't pick…