Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) - Canada (Ratification: 1946)

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the regulatory provisions giving effect to the Conventions mentioned in the Government’s report. It also observes that the statistical information made available by the Transportation Security Board of Canada (TSB) lacks specifics on occupational hazards in the port sector. The Committee requests the Government to provide any information necessary to evaluate the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, if such statistics are available, information on the number of workers covered by these regulations, the number and nature of contraventions reported and the number, nature and causes of occupational accidents and diseases reported.

Prospect of ratification of the most up-to-date Convention. The Committee observes that the Government reiterates that the various regulations implementing the Convention also give effect to parts of the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152). The Committee once again takes the opportunity to remind the Government that the Governing Body, in a decision adopted at its 328th Session (October–November 2016), approving the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group, has invited parties to Convention No. 32, to consider the ratification of Convention No. 152, as the most up-to-date instrument in this subject area. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this regard.