Human Resources committee  Commentators in both countries over the years, especially decades ago, raised questions about the challenges of unionization in the government sector. It is a reality. It's not the same as in the private sector because the people who pay are not at the table. I understand that el

Human Resources committee  Yes, and design influences use.

Human Resources committee  I'm just going to reaffirm what I said in my remarks. This needs to be studied and worked on. I did it as a human resources professional in multi-billion dollar businesses. It can be done in this government and in can be done in partnership with the unions, but we can not endless

Human Resources committee  I know, I know, the audacity of me. Avoid games with numbers in particular. Please, avoid games with numbers and work together diligently for the benefit of all. If you take the time to truly track what is going on and to think about the people who are absent and how you can hel

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Prior to my 17 years as the president of LabourWatch and 18 parallel years running a management consulting firm, I spent 15 years in senior human resources roles. I was the head of human resources and other departments for the Vancouver family that started and ran Fut

Human Resources committee  There was nothing wrong with the secret ballot vote bill. We have votes for decertification, but we don't have card check decertification. This government is going back to a dishonest, non-level playing field for workers by putting it back to the old way where they have to get 50

Human Resources committee  The fundamental difference remains that nobody has to fund us, and nobody has to join the Retail Council, or the CFIB, in order to operate a retail business or to operate a small business in Canada. Once again it's apples and oranges to compare the power unions have in statute l

Human Resources committee  No, we don't.

Human Resources committee  It's the totality of the system.

Human Resources committee  No, because I'm not going to lie.

Human Resources committee  It's only had one modification since 1959.

Human Resources committee  There were the 2003 amendments.

Human Resources committee  Everything has a starting point in terms—

Human Resources committee  —of legislation and the comprehensiveness of it.

Human Resources committee  John F. Kennedy led the charge to clean up the corruption in American unions, just as the Charbonneau commission exposed was going on in these unions in Quebec. Ken Pereira bravely exposed what went on. People have been criminally charged for what went on in Quebec, okay?