Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, witnesses, for being here.
One thing I pride myself on is working on good governance and making sure, being in government, that in any of the organizations I'm involved with, whether parliamentary associations or others, we have proper governance structures and good governance for proper transparency and proper reporting. That's not only beneficial for the people who belong to the organization, but also beneficial for the people who run the organization, so that they have good guidelines to act under and to follow in cases of crisis or in instances where things aren't normal and they have a process to follow through.
Coming from Saskatchewan, I know there's no question about the tie between the NDP and labour. I don't think anybody will question that. In fact, in Saskatchewan there was a convention at which one of the labour organizations was insisting that all of its members become members of the NDP. It's things like this that make me often wonder what organized labour is actually doing.
If it's actually sitting there to represent employees and look after the employees' interests, I understand that, but if they're going to go into social issues and issues that go beyond the scope of the workplace of those employees, I question the involvement. However, I suppose that's up to them.
When I talk to some of the union leaders and members from my riding, they say that they're already consulting with their members, that they're already going through that process, that the members know everything that's going on, that there are no surprises, that there's already a process in place for a member to raise his or her objection.
Mr. Mortimer, with LabourWatch, I'm curious. You're saying, and I'm hearing from some members, that there may be some consultation, but it's always hidden or it's always done in such a way that we never get all the facts, or there's intimidation involved when we raise questions on specific spending by different members.
Can you give us some examples of this? Am I right? Am I wrong?