Industry committee  You mean for severance and termination.

Industry committee  If we're talking severance and termination, with 40 years you're probably talking at least $40,000 to $50,000.

Industry committee  Just to get a sense of understanding of what happens in northern Ontario, I'm going to use the community of White River. There are 1,000 people who live in that community. We had 240 people who worked in the mill and the woodlands, so 24% of the total population lost their jobs.

Industry committee  We're talking about weeks of service, so it's approximately $1,000 per week of service. The legislation in Ontario is capped at 26 weeks per year of service. Some of our collective agreements are capped at 52 weeks, so the termination could be up to $52,000. Our termination pay i

Industry committee  I believe Bill C-501 is going in the right direction in assisting workers. I speak passionately on it, because as a rep and the president of our local I've unfortunately had to deal with the thousands of members who are facing the problems I've spoken about here today. Can we do

Industry committee  That'll change their minds.

Industry committee  I'll be very brief. Employers have an obligation to fund, but in relation to Bill C-501, if you take AbitibiBowater in the middle of the CCAA announcing that they're going to put $6 million as a bonus to their supervisors, why isn't that money going into individuals' pensions and

Industry committee  I think we need to take a look at what we can do in regard to pensions overall. We know one of the problems with all pension plans, whether they're into bankruptcy or not into bankruptcy right now, is the solvency issue. It's because of the downturn in the economy. We need to tak

Industry committee  Good afternoon. I would like to thank John Rafferty and the NDP for introducing this very important bill. I would also like to thank the committee for this opportunity to speak to you today on Bill C-501, a forward-moving bill that will correct a lot of the injustice that affec

Natural Resources committee  I just need to make a really quick comment. It takes two sides to negotiate, and I'll be on the federal government's back and the provincial government's back until our members start getting the money that's been promised to them. The second point is that if the industry was in

Natural Resources committee  There was no consultation, no discussion. In regard to the fund, I was talking to the mayor of Thunder Bay yesterday. The federal government and the provinces haven't even sorted this out in regard to how much money Ontario is going to get. The other point is we have to recogni

Natural Resources committee  I'd also like to thank the natural resources committee for the invitation. We made the same presentation to the finance committee yesterday. I'd just like people to know that we recognize in the forestry industry the need to work to create a future and to sustain the jobs in Ca

Finance committee  Thank you. I guess I'm not sure who's been consulted in regard to the $1 billion, because you can't even get answers in regard to where the money's going to go, how much each province is going to get, and how it's going to be divided among and going down to the workers. There c

Finance committee  Thank you. I would like to thank the finance committee. As said, I'm the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-2693. I'll be directing my comments to the forest industry and the crisis that has hit. Mr. Weir will be talking about manufacturing and economics. United Stee