US STEEL FACES COURT CHALLENGE OVER HAMILTON PLANT AFTER LOSING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BID
November 1st, 2011
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE DIRECTOR for the United Steelworkers Union (USU) in Ontario and Atlantic Canada has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada to reject a constitutional appeal by US Steel against the Canadian government in a row about a steel plant takeover.
The court has dismissed a claim from the American steel company the United States Steel Corporation arguing that by threatening punishments under the Investment Canada Act, the Canadian government was violating its constitutional rights. By dismissing the challenge, Canada's highest ruling ...
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