An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)

Bill C-276 was an NDP Private Member's Bill amending the Canada Labour Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2) to prohibit the use of replacement workers (sometimes called scabs) during legal strikes and lockouts in federally regulated industries (telecoms, banking, transportation, ports, airlines). C-276 was an earlier version of the proposal that the government adopted as its own Bill C-58 (Anti-Scab Bill), which received royal assent on June 20, 2024 (S.C. 2024, c. 12) and came into force on June 20, 2025. Federal anti-scab law was a long-standing NDP-Bloc demand; Quebec (since 1977) and British Columbia (since 1993) already had similar provincial laws. Did not pass third reading on its own.