Government and Democracy

OTTAWA – Canada’s proposed 2026 federal budget opts for big spending to boost business growth, including investment incentives and tax cuts, but must deliver benefits for working Canadians. 

The Honourable Mélanie Joly
Minister of Industry

The Honourable Vic Fedeli
Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Dear Ministers,

I am requesting your offices convene an urgent four-party meeting to discuss the future of Brampton Assembly Plant. 

VICTORIA—Canada’s largest union in the private sector will re-double its commitment to workers’ rights, reconciliation, and human rights during the term of the next provincial government.

REGINA—Unifor leaders are meeting with government and Opposition MLAs in Regina this week to call for fairer labour laws and safer workplaces.

The lobby runs from Oct. 26 to 29. It focuses on three issues: fair bargaining, workplace health and safety, and how workplace deaths and serious injuries are investigated.

Lana Payne Toronto Star oped 

As the Trump Administration continues its nonsensical tariff attack on Canada’s auto industry, it is becoming increasingly clear the only winner in this trade war is China.

News that Stellantis intends to build some electrified Jeep vehicles in China, with plans to export them around the world including Canada, is another gut punch to Unifor members at the Brampton Assembly Plant and the Canadian auto industry. 

HALIFAX, NS – Unifor members in Nova Scotia’s public sector or at publicly funded workplaces will receive damages paid to union members employed during the four years that Bill 148 restricted collective bargaining.

EDMONTON–Albertans have voted to remain a province in Canada, according to unofficial results. More than 75% of voters chose Option 1 on ballot question 10, which asked whether Alberta should remain in Canada or whether the Alberta government should begin the legal process toward a binding separation referendum. 

More than 40 Unifor, CUPE and USW members gathered in Calgary from Oct. 13 to 15 for the fourth joint “Labour Votes” training session mobilizing union members for Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum. It comes on the heels of a successful mail-in ballot blitz, and this week’s focus was turning that momentum into votes at the polls.

Unifor representatives, alongside labour leaders from across the federally regulated private and public sectors, met with the Federal Pay Equity Commissioner Lori Straznicky on Sept. 24, 2026, at the Canadian Labour Congress’s offices in Ottawa. 

The meeting gave workers’ representatives a chance to connect and share feedback on the implementation of the federal Pay Equity Act.