The Empire Strikes Back: The Evolution of Legal Restrictions on Strikes in Québec and Canada

Mon Nov 10 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm UTC-05:00

Room 200, New Chancellor Day Hall, McGill University Faculty of Law | Montreal

Barry Eidlin
Publisher/HostBarry Eidlin
The Empire Strikes Back: The Evolution of Legal Restrictions on Strikes in Qu\u00e9bec and Canada
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As strikes rates have risen in recent years across Québec and Canada, so too have government efforts to restrict them. These efforts are part of a long Canadian tradition of state repression of strikes, although they have evolved over time.
What is behind these efforts to suppress strikes? How and why have they changed over time? How do they affect collective bargaining? Why isn’t arbitration a suitable alternative? And why do governments keep doing this? Join a panel of labour experts and legal practitioners for a round-table discussion of these and other important questions related to efforts to suppress workers’ right to strike.
Panelists will include:
Sibel Ataogul (Melançon Marceau Grenier Cohen)
David Doorey (York University)
Barry Eidlin (McGill University)
Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau (Université de Montréal)
The moderator will be Evan Fox-Decent (McGill University Faculty of Law)
Sponsored by GRIPP (Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur la philosophie politique) and CRIMT (Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail.
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