Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2024, Publicación: 113ª reunión CIT (2025)

Convenio sobre la consulta tripartita (normas internacionales del trabajo), 1976 (núm. 144) - Canadá (Ratificación : 2011)

The Committee notes the observations of the Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications (FETCO), transmitted by the Government in its report. The Government is requested to provide its comments in this regard.

Article 2 of the Convention. Operation of the consultative procedures. In response to the Committee’s previous comments requesting information on the measures taken to strengthen and promote effective tripartite consultation at national and provincial levels concerning the matters covered by the Convention, the Government reiterates that the agendas for the annual tripartite roundtable on ILO issues do not include the issue of subnational social dialogue models as a formal agenda item because the social partners have not yet identified this issue as a key agenda priority. The Committee welcomes the fact that, although the matters covered by the Convention fall within federal jurisdiction, the Government is continuing its efforts to engage provincial and territorial governments in tripartite consultations with the social partners on international labour issues. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide updated detailed information on the measures taken to strengthen and promote effective tripartite consultations at national and provincial levels with regard to the matters covered by the Convention.

Article 5(1). Effective tripartite consultations. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report in relation to replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference (Article 5(1)(a)), reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(d)) and proposals for the denunciation of ratified Conventions (Article 5(1)(e)). With regard to Article 5(1)(b) and (c), the Committee notes that social partners were consulted on the examination of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) and the Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (No. 206) and that these instruments were submitted to the Parliament in October 2020. The Government highlights that social partners were also directly engaged in working towards the ratification of the Convention No. 190, including during the meeting of the federal, provincial, and territorial labour ministers in February 2020. The Committee notes with interest that, following these tripartite consultations, the Government ratified the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) on 30 January 2023. It also notes that the Government is exploring with social partners the possibility of ratifying other ILO Conventions, in particular the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155). It further notes that tripartite consultations were also held in relation to the proposed abrogation and withdrawal of several ILO Conventions and Recommendations. Lastly, the Committee welcomes the Government’s indication that it will continue to systematically consult the social partners on matters covered under Article 5(1) of the Convention. As to the observations of the social partners, the Committee notes that the FETCO alleges that social dialogue has declined in the country and that the employer’s voice has been muted on many important topics in the recent years. The FETCO observes that consultations mean more than holding meetings and receiving written comments and reminds the Government that the voices of the social partners need to be heard and represented in the solutions emerging from these consultations. The FETCO therefore calls on the Government to renew its commitment to social dialogue and ensure meaningful and ongoing tripartite dialogue on all matters related to the world of work. The Committee recalls that, in order to be “effective”, consultations on the matters covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention need to enable employers’ and workers’ organizations to have a useful say in matters relating to the activities of the ILO referred to by this provision. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide updated information on the manner in which effective tripartite consultations are carried out on each of the items specified by the Convention, detailing their content, frequency and outcome.