Unions want action to protect rights, not rhetoric, from federal leaders, Canada's largest labour group says

Labour leaders will be pushing to advance legislation that helps workers join or start unions when they gather next week in Ottawa to plot election strategy, it adds.

Poilievre is focused on prosecuting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's record on affordability, all the while paying special attention to working-class Canadians who feel squeezed by the post-COVID cost of living.

Public opinion polls consistently suggest he's getting through to them, despite organized labour's deep NDP ties — as well as the fact Poilievre has a history of supporting back-to-work legislation in Parliament.

Guest host Catherine Cullen talks to one striking Metro grocery store employee and discusses the rise of a more empowered labour movement with Barry Eidlin, an associate professor at McGill University.

And in a speech last month to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, he boasted of prioritizing visits with union locals and workers on shop floors over corporate speaking engagements.

Poilievre is not to be believed when he talks about helping workers and their families, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told the crowd this week at the annual Progress Summit.