Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I don't think anything I've suggested is that it is time for panic or overreaction.

Finance committee  I think there are things we knew and needed to do in October that would still make sense to do now and would help to take the edge off if something were to happen. I think if there is a crisis, it will be because governments overreact and cut spending.

Finance committee  Right. I think that the advice I gave before the price of oil...still stands as good practice.

Finance committee  I disagreed with him before, though.

Finance committee  I take the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, and what they've put out very seriously, where they've said there has been a loss of capacity in the manufacturing sector in Ontario. Since we're coming out of a recession where there hasn't been a buildup in machinery and

Finance committee  Exactly.

Finance committee  I'd like to thank the committee for taking this study on. We think it's very important. Thank you for inviting the Canadian Labour Congress. I'm here on behalf of 3.3 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress. We bring together workers from virtually all sectors of the Can

Finance committee  Absolutely not. We think the extra money should be spent toward helping to train workers. There is room in the LMDAs and the LMS to spend more money on that.

Finance committee  In the written report that we sent in for the prebudget consultation, we looked at the example of Manitoba and what Manitoba has been doing in order to both enforce standards for migrant workers and also investigate examples of wage theft or exploitation by these third party agen

Finance committee  Yes. That is the position of our organization and has been for a couple of years now.

Finance committee  We agree that there should be more investment in workers' training. We think that very often, when employers say there is a skills shortage, what they mean is that there is an experience shortage: workers don't have the on-the-job experience they're looking for or skills very spe

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely that would benefit our members. It would benefit all workers who are looking to invest in their own skills and employers who are looking to hire and grow their business out in the future.

Finance committee  Okay. The Canadian Labour Congress is calling for a national summit on this issue, bringing together all stakeholders to discuss the issue. Also, Statistics Canada has data that they haven't analyzed. The survey went out on workplace and employment skills and it hasn't been ana

Finance committee  Okay, thank you. Such a program of investment would include increased support for basic municipal infrastructure, mass transit, affordable housing, energy conservation through building retrofits, and renewable energy projects. We also urge an investment in soft infrastructure, s