Does the federal government have jurisdiction over labour relations?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Association of Journeyman And Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 179 v Yorkton Plumbing and Heating Ltd./YPH Mechanical, 2019 CanLII 43226 (SK LRB):
[11] Jurisdiction over labour relations is not delegated to either the provincial or federal governments under s. 91 or s. 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867. But since Toronto Electric Commissioners v. Snider, 1925 CanLII 331 (UK JCPC), [1925] A.C. 396 (P.C.), Canadian courts have recognized that labour relations are presumptively a provincial matter, and that the federal government has jurisdiction over labour relations only by way of exception. This exception has always been narrowly interpreted […]
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