Industry and humanity : a study in the principles under-lying industrial reconstruction / by W. L. Mackenzie King.

  • William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date:
1918
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    The Industrial Disputes Investigation Act has been on the statutes of Canada for a number of years. It was introduced in the House of Com- mons, during the session of 1906-07, by the Honor- able Rodolphe Lemieux, Postmaster General and Minister of Labor at the time, and was assented to on March 22, 1907.! Since its enactment, the parties to disputes have failed in some instances to take advantage of its provisions, and strikes and lock- outs have occurred notwithstanding its existence. In such cases, there has been either ignorance of the law or a belief in the superior merits of Force. On the whole, however, the law has been well observed. On this point, Sir George Askwith says: “It will have been gathered from the preceding explanation of the working of the Act that where it was frankly accepted as a means of preventing dis- putes it has worked extremely well, but where, for reasons, some apparent and others which can only be guessed at, its introduction has been resented, it has not succeeded to the same extent.” ? Personally, I do not know of a single instance, in cases where the provisions of the Act have been ignored, in which gain has come to any of the parties. On the other hand, the number of disputes tion Act of Canada, 1907, p. 7, by Sir George Askwith, K.C.B., K.C., Chief Industrial Commissioner. [Cd. 6603.] London, 1913. 1 6-7 Edward VII, c. 20. Amendments, g-10 Edward VII, c. 29, 8-9 George V, c. 27. 2 Idem, p. 15.
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