{"id":370777,"date":"2024-07-24T06:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/?p=370777"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:58:24","slug":"strickland-offers-tribute-to-departing-oregan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2024\/07\/strickland-offers-tribute-to-departing-oregan","title":{"rendered":"Strickland offers tribute to departing O\u2019Regan"},"content":{"rendered":"
OTTAWA \u2014 Canada\u2019s\u00a0Building Trades Unions executive director Sean Strickland has issued a tribute to departing federal Labour Minister Seamus O\u2019Regan.<\/p>\n
The Nova Scotia MP and cabinet minister announced July 17 he was leaving cabinet for personal reasons. He said he was staying on as MP until the next election.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo say I was surprised was an understatement \u2013 but what I\u2019m feeling today is very proud of what he\u2019s been able to accomplish for not only Canada’s Building Trades Unions, but for all workers in Canada,\u201d stated Strickland.<\/p>\n
He said during O\u2019Regan\u2019s time as minister of labour, he saw through \u201cmajor wins for workers in Canada, including historic and long-sought-after anti-scab legislation for federally regulated workers, as well as the Sustainable Jobs Act, the implementation of the Union-Led Advisory Table, and the introduction of 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Regan also presided over Natural Resources, Strickland noted, where he made progress on hydrogen, small modular reactor, large-scale nuclear and renewable policy strategies \u2013 initiatives \u201cthat are now delivering well-paid, unionized jobs for workers today, and will for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeamus \u2013 thank you for your years of service to this country. I will dearly miss working for workers with you as one of our champions. You\u2019ll always be welcome in our union halls and at our conferences,\u201d said Strickland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OTTAWA \u2014 Canada\u2019s\u00a0Building Trades Unions executive director Sean Strickland has issued a tribute to departing federal Labour Minister Seamus O\u2019Regan. The Nova Scotia MP and cabinet minister announced July 17 he was leaving cabinet for personal reasons. He said he was staying on as MP until the next election. \u201cTo say I was surprised was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":128070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[10],"tags":[22258,23400,12581,22488,13263,24528],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n