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WINNIPEG — Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising that, if elected this fall, his government would make it easier for more than one million Canadians to have more flexible work hours to care for children or other loved ones.
Trudeau says his government would ensure that every employee covered by federal labour law would have the legal right to ask their bosses for changes in their workday start and finish times, or even the ability to work from home.
He says the flexibility would come through amendments to the Canada Labour Code, and that he would also work with provincial and territorial governments to put the same rights into their own labour legislation.
Trudeau, speaking today at a rally in Winnipeg, says the way Canadians live and work is changing, and his plan would help families spend more time together and also boost economic growth.
He also says a similar plan in the United Kingdom has shown that about 80 per cent of requests from employees for changes in work hours are granted.
Trudeau will make a campaign stop in Vancouver later today.
