Trudeau promises unionized workers a NAFTA deal they can be proud of
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured unionized Canadian workers on Thursday they’ll be getting a NAFTA deal they can be proud of.
Trudeau put a positive spin on the negotiations as he addressed the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada national council convention in Montreal.
“This modernization has been a long time coming and we’re going to get a fair deal for Canadian workers,” he told several hundred union members.
He repeated several times the agreement is in need of an update, and pointed out labour groups are “well-represented” on Canada’s NAFTA council, which is led by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.