Mr. Bill Tufts at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On February 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 6th, 2007 / 4:45 p.m.

Chair, Human Resources Committee, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce

Our statistics show that it's almost 4% of Ontario's total GDP and 30% of the greater Hamilton region's GDP, which indirectly or directly impacts on a daily basis 220,000 jobs. That's the extent of what we're talking about here, and that's just the port. That doesn't include transportation via highways or transportation via airports, for which Hamilton is a major hub as well.

So the impact, in our opinion, would be huge, a fact that is frightening.

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