Thank you, Mr. Chair and colleagues.
We did hear testimony from the CFIB in regard to concerns that smaller and medium-size enterprises may not be able to comply in a timely way with the requirement in the legislation for an employee to be notified whether their flexible work arrangement has been approved.
My proposal is simply to bump it up to from 30 days to 90 days, which, given the complexity and diversity of the federal regulated labour space, I believe would give those small and medium-size businesses the capacity to be able to respond in a timely way. Again, 30 days, I believe, is too quick, and 90 days is still within enough of a timely basis without having too much of an onerous side.
I would hope that members of the committee would give it all due consideration. I look forward to hearing some support from all sides. Thank you.