Dump trucks block Champlain Bridge to protest “unfair working conditions”
Posted Jun 13, 2013 04:05:14 PM.
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OTTAWA – A dozen dump trucks parked on the Champlain Bridge for about a half-hour, Thursday morning, to bring attention to what workers call an unfair situation.
Ontario construction workers say they are not welcome in Quebec. That province’s laws make it more difficult for Ontario construction companies to cross the border than it is for Quebec firms to work in Ontario.
Carleton Missisippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren has tabled a private members bill at Queen’s Park to address this disparity, called the Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act.
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