Insights and Stories on Ratification

Seaway workers ratify labour deal

Nov. 7, 2023 at 8:03 pm CST

Unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Ontario and Quebec have voted their approval of the agreement that brought them in off the picket line. Unifor, which represents about 360 Seaway workers across five locals in the two provinces, announced Thursday its members had voted to ratify a three-year […]

Striking Olymel workers accept new six-year deal

Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

National seeds sector groups put merger plan to vote

Jun. 21, 2020 at 3:59 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Parliament hustles through CUSMA ratification

Mar. 13, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

CN conductors approve post-strike deal

Jan. 31, 2020 at 8:22 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Trump signs CUSMA pact

Jan. 29, 2020 at 3:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a new North American trade agreement during an outdoor ceremony at the White House attended by about 400 guests — but not the key Democrats who helped secure congressional passage of the deal. Trump, on trial in the U.S. Senate […]

By Andrea Shalal Jeff Mason

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

Trudeau wants CUSMA deal ratified quickly

Jan. 21, 2020 at 11:13 am CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged legislators to quickly approve a new continental trade pact but the main opposition party said it wanted to study the deal, indicating the ratification process could drag on. Canada is the only one of the three signatories not […]

By Kelsey Johnson Steve Scherer

Canada could be last to ratify CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Dec. 17, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match the U.S. timetable was set to fail. Trudeau’s Liberal government said from the start it wanted […]

By Reuters

Opposition MPs could delay CUSMA deal’s ratification

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:44 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty. Such a move would embarrass Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vowed that Parliament will quickly […]