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Carney’s Nuclear Pivot and Labour Rollbacks Reshape Canadian Sovereignty

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The Carney government is aggressively aligning Canadian infrastructure with a pro-tech 'broligarch' agenda, fast-tracking a $100B nuclear expansion while dismantling worker protections and human rights oversight. By restricting the right to strike and eliminating the ombudsperson for forced labour, Ottawa is subordinating domestic labour agency and international environmental standards to the demands of platform monopolies and industrial energy syndicates.

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    Carney Under the Sway of the Broligarchs

    The Tyee2026-06-24

    Build Canada’s advocates are wealthy, aggressively pro-tech and piling up wins in Ottawa. First in a series.

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    Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.

    PressProgress2026-06-19

    Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list' The post Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed. appeared first on PressProgress.

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    Advocates attack Carney government's elimination of the ombudsperson for forced labour

    Canada's National Observer2026-06-19

    Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to probe those reports.

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    Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home

    The Conversation2026-06-23

    Delegates at the 114th annual International Labour Conference in Geneva have adopted Convention No. 193, the first international treaty to establish binding labour standards for workers in the platform economy. The delegate vote was 406 to eight, with 36 abstentions. The convention is a historic dev…

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    Looser federal rules on pesticides will erode Canada's trade access, says senator

    Canada's National Observer2026-06-24

    Canada's goal of boosting trade with countries outside the United States could be thwarted by its new pesticide rules, a senator warns.

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    Feds bet big on nuclear with 10 new reactors on the table — not everyone is convinced

    Canada's National Observer2026-06-23

    The Carney government is accelerating development of nuclear power, with plans to build new large-scale reactors, expand uranium production and streamline approvals for future projects that could cost more than $100B.