Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This part addresses what we call the transfer of contracts. This often involves subcontractors that provide services at airports. The system works on a competitive bidding basis. We've seen the following scheme: a new company or the same company acting under a different name bids at a lower cost and, once the company obtains the contract, it lowers the wages and working conditions of its employees.
Under this provision, the subcontractor can't lower wages. Most of the time, since the jobs are specialized, the same workers are hired. We welcome this part of Bill C-30. However, we want to go further. We want to ensure that, not only will the wages be maintained, but that all the working conditions under the previous contract will also be maintained. Our goal is to prevent the new providers from bidding lower with the goal of lowering working conditions in general. This is about ensuring that these conditions are maintained.