Labour groups talk work standards with Freeland ahead of NAFTA renegotiation
TORONTO — Labour groups made their final pitches Tuesday to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland about the importance of including higher labour standards in a revised NAFTA deal.
In her last meeting before travelling to Washington to start NAFTA renegotiation talks on Wednesday, Freeland met in Toronto with a group of about two dozen representatives from labour organizations.
“Canada is really committed to working hard to make this agreement more progressive and we see some real opportunities to do that, particularly in the labour chapter,” Freeland told the group ahead of their closed-door talk.
Labour representatives who were inside the meeting said they’re hoping a new NAFTA agreement will mean higher wages and better conditions for workers in Mexico and parts of the United States.