Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a few more questions and I want to get some clarification. As I mentioned before, we're talking about the need to restructure the industry and the significant role the CAW has to play in that.
When I talk to my constituents they generally don't totally understand how the pay structure works within the union agreements, so maybe we can get some clarification. I understand the base hourly starting wage is about $33.50 Canadian for an assembler. There's a lot of conversation around holidays. From my understanding, these assemblers get 17 paid holidays. Typical holidays might be Good Friday and Easter Monday. I think there are several more than I got when I worked in the private sector. Obviously I didn't have the CAW negotiating for me, but I still enjoyed my job and chose to be there.
Can you explain how many paid vacation weeks a five-year employee would get?