Preparations for the anticipated fall meeting are already underway. Young confirms, “staff at all levels are really working and focused on this. At my ministerial level, I speak with my colleagues in the provinces and territories, other labour ministers across the country. I think it’s time that we can have some alignment with other jurisdictions without compromising any safety standards.”
The upcoming meeting is expected to zero in on five to ten key safety regulations for harmonization, a pragmatic approach that aims for tangible progress. “We want to find things that bring us together. We want to find commonalities…areas we can work together,” Young says.
Fred Jeffers, executive director…