Industry committee  First of all, of course, I think workers are at a disadvantage compared to the banks. The law clearly requires that banks be at the head of the line with regard to how the assets are going to be divided. Fundamentally, they have always been the benefactors of a company that's in

Industry committee  Yes, Mr. Poilievre. I think it's critical to put this in some context. The key, in terms of our argument, is that the promise that employers made to workers on deferred wages and benefits is supposed to be accounted for, obviously, in their books. Of course, what we see time and

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair. First let me thank the committee for the opportunity to present to you today. I represent the Canadian Labour Congress, Canada's largest central labour body in the country, and it speaks on national issues on behalf of three million working men and women fro

Finance committee  I love you dearly, Wayne, but I have to go.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Elizabeth, for recognizing that work. We think it's foundational in regard to the challenges we will deal with going forward with workers who are going to need to be acknowledged and the communities—it's not just the workers, but the communities—that are goin

Finance committee  As you know, we're still in the pandemic. There are thousands of Canadians who have yet to go back to work and who may not have a job to go back to when this pandemic is over. All of these measures announced yesterday are going to be critical. The $15 minimum wage is really impo

Finance committee  Thanks, Peter, for your question. Of course, we have had a campaign out for over three years in regard to establishing a national pharmacare. This came about, again, through our own convention and dialogue with our members. I spent a couple of months criss-crossing the country.

Finance committee  I think we have good data in terms of those who are unemployed, because they are in the system if they're filing for benefits or they lose their jobs. We don't have good data on what the skills are of those workers who lose their jobs. I think there has to be a better way to do a

Finance committee  I think there is a challenge in the context of the skills and, of course, the jobs that are available. I think we have to do a better job in helping more workers update their skills and renew their skills so that they can fit into a job market that is constantly changing. That's

Finance committee  Child care does cost money. It does cost money for us to build the infrastructure to make sure it happens, but we've seen from the experiences that have been documented time after time from the Quebec reality that the program more than pays for itself. To have the highest partici

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Yes, I do remember the article very vividly. More importantly, Goldy actually texted me late last night to say what a great collaboration it was. This morning, I didn't respond to him. His point was the recognition between both of us that COVID-19 has had

Finance committee  Good afternoon and thank you, Chair and committee members, for the opportunity to present to you today. The Canadian Labour Congress, as most of you know, is the largest central labour body in the country. It brings together some 50 national and international unions in Canada a

Human Resources committee  It also improves the economy. The more equipped I am in my skills, the more the economy will have workers who are here to support the industries and the jobs in this country.

Human Resources committee  Thank you kindly.

Human Resources committee  I think the EI system, if it's properly designed, can serve the needs of Canadians in a variety of ways. I think the reality is that today we need to also seriously examine how the system operates and, more importantly, how fair it is to the people who it has been designed to ser