Will Mark Carney go down in history as the prime minister who weakened worker bargaining power and accelerated the decline of the Canadian middle class?

That’s the question many Canadian unions and workers are asking in the context of the contentious strike by Air Canada flight attendants. And they’re demanding a major course correction from the government.

At issue is a little-known passage in the federal Labour Code: Section 107, which was at the heart of the labour dispute that grounded planes and fuelled worker anger and indignation across the country.

It all started with a new interpretation of an old law. For a little over a year now, the Liberals have argued that Section 107 gives the federal Minister of Labour the power to end strikes and impose settlements on workers with a sim

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