Halifax Longshoremen’s Association Local 269 has served the Port of Halifax since 1907. But now the rules have changed when international cruise ships arrive.
These are skilled, local, unionized workers and this is THEIR work – not the work of foreign crew members with no Canadian work permit.
This doesn’t even make sense.
Kyle Seeback , Shadow Minister for Labour and I wrote to the President of Canadian Border Services about this pressing issue. This practice must end and we must PROTECT CANADIAN JOBS!