The Canadian Press: The NDP has deep ties to Canada’s labour movement, while the Conservatives have been making political inroads among union members for years. Members of both parties say they plan to go to bat for union members as C-39 makes its way through the House of Commons.
“That’s our biggest opportunity,” said Matthew Green, a former Ontario NDP MP who just wrapped a stint as the party’s interim national director.
“And I think that for some of the unions in the labour movement, that traditionally have had to manage their relationship with the Liberal government, they are now directly in their crosshairs and will be forced to fight back…