The Labour Program operates on three levels: federal jurisdiction, national and international.
Federal jurisdiction includes many of Canada's national infrastructure industries or anything involving:
navigation, fishing, shipping, operation of ships, airports, airlines, telecommunications, banks, and most of the transport industry interprovincially.
Activities include employer-union relations where we provide mediation services, labour standards, occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, and employment equity, where the federal government has regulatory responsibility.
I would say that the federal jurisdiction, just for your information,
covers approximately 12,800 employers. Moreover, just under a million employees are covered by Part I.
Between 1997 and 2006 the average share of the GDP of firms under federal jurisdiction was 9.3%, and over the same period their contribution to GDP growth was approximately 11.6%.