International Trade committee  I've read a bit of history about pharmaceuticals, and I think Natalie Mehra will be speaking about this a little later today. We have a great health care system that could be better if we funded it properly. Why we want to give that sector on the medical side over to multinationals, I don't know.

International Trade committee  I think Dino might be able to help us out better in terms of knowing that sector. Our labour council is made up of public unions and private unions. We have hospital workers, we have teachers, we have city employees, provincial employees, federal employees, and of course we've got all the Unifor groups and a number of other CUPE and OPSEU locals that might be in the public sector.

International Trade committee  The answer is that I haven't heard one. As I said, we have monthly meetings of a variety of union members and we have touched on all of those committees: social justice, human rights, political action, public health, and the environment. These are all things that affect the membership and the members know that they affect their entire community and communities across the nation.

International Trade committee  The power is reversed. You can talk about Monsanto, right? Sorry, Mr. Chair, he got me on a good topic.

International Trade committee  Dino is one of the past-presidents of the labour council, and as he said, it's great to be here. Thanks for coming down. It's closer for a couple of the MPs. My name is Brian Hogan. I'm president of the Windsor and District Labour Council, representing 40,000 members. My friend Randy is a member of the Council of Canadians, and also a labour council member.