House of Commons faces marathon voting session over government’s jobs bill

OTTAWA — MPs are staring down another voting marathon as the Conservatives push forward with dozens of proposed amendments to the government’s sustainable jobs bill.

Bill C-50 is a bureaucratic to-do list outlining how government must help prepare energy workers for the new skills and job requirements that are coming with the global clean-tech economic transition.

Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the bill ensures government accountability and engagement with the people most affected by the transition.

Conservative critic Shannon Stubbs calls it a blueprint for the Liberals’ “widescale radical economic restructuring,” and argues it will put thousands of energy workers out of their jobs.