The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that in mid-April, the federal government caught the country's organized labour sector by surprise when it revealed plans to review the Canada Labour Code, affecting regulated sectors from airlines and railways to banks and telecoms. The Globe's Vanmala Subramaniam writes that Ottawa called the review an attempt to "modernize the federal labour relations framework," and its announcement included proposals to change certain clauses regarding strikes in ways that would effectively make it more difficult for workers to launch work stoppages. Union leaders denounced the review, complaining that they weren't given enough notice and that consultations were being done in haste. They had five weeks to prepare submissions. To unions the message seems crystal clear: Labour voices are not a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. When Mr. Carney announced his first postelection cabinet in May of 2025, he did not appoint a Minister of Labour. Unions were deeply critical of the move. Then in August, Mr. Carney directed Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hadju to put an end to a strike of 10,500 Air Canada flight attendants, hours after they defied a back-to-work order.