Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, as you noted earlier, I am new to the committee and quite pleased to be here, and I'm delighted to hear from the witnesses.
It concerns me as well that there doesn't seem to be a balance here. When you bring legislation forward to a committee it is important, first of all, to get the technical witnesses as soon as possible so that you're aware of what the issues are, and you can ask, if there are legal experts involved, some of the technical and legal aspects of the bill, but then try to get a very fair balance between both the labour and business communities.
I wasn't here when you had previous witnesses who came before this committee, so I have to rely on the transcripts that I've been reading. But I'm just wondering, why was that balance not struck?
There is a subcommittee here to deal with that, a steering committee. Not all committees have steering committees, but this one has a steering committee. Because you did not go to the steering committee, and because we're all new to this committee as well, certainly a question I have is why wasn't that balanced, and can we in fact arrive at a balance as we go forward with this particular legislation?