(Source: The Chronicle Herald, May 30, 2012)
OTTAWA — Back-to-work legislation designed to end a CP Rail strike and get freight moving won’t get passed in the Senate until Thursday at the earliest, despite its overnight passage in the House of Commons.
MPs voted just before 1:30 a.m. this morning to pass Bill C-39, ordering 4,800 Canadian Pacific engineers and conductors back to work after a week-long strike.
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said the labour dispute must end quickly because of the toll it’s taking on the economy and the Harper government used its majority to force the legislation through the House of Commons in a single day.
There are no indications the Liberal minority in the upper chamber intends to obstruct the bill, but Senate rules normally require 48 hours notice to debate legislation.
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