PART VIII PROCEEDINGS AND INQUIRIES — Industrial inquiries

For the purposes of subsection (1) or where in an industry a dispute or difference between employers and employees exists or is apprehended, the minister may refer the matters involved to a commission, to be designated as an Industrial Inquiry Commission, for investigation, as the minister considers expedient, and for report on them, and shall provide the commission with a statement of the matters that are to be inquired into, but where an inquiry involves particular persons, the minister shall advise those persons of the appointment.

An Industrial Inquiry Commission shall consist of 1 or more members appointed by the minister.

The chairperson and the members of an Industrial Inquiry Commission shall be paid the remuneration that may be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and the actual and reasonable expenses that are incurred by them in the discharge of their duties.

Immediately following its appointment an Industrial Inquiry Commission shall inquire into the matters referred to it by the minister and try to carry out its terms of reference and in the case of a dispute or difference in which a settlement has not been effected in the meantime, a report of the result of its inquires, including its recommendations, shall be made to the minister within 14 days of its appointment or the extension of time that the minister may grant.

An Industrial Inquiry Commission has and may exercise, in the discharge of the terms of reference assigned to it, the powers of a conciliation board under this Act.

Upon receipt of a report of an Industrial Inquiry Commission relating to a dispute or difference between employers and employees, the minister shall provide a copy to each of the parties affected and shall publish the report in the manner that he or she thinks appropriate.