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

On November 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.

November 21st, 2013 / 4 p.m.

Chairman, Occupational Health and Safety Committee, Vice-President, British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communications (FETCO)

John Beckett

Okay.

My last comments are around improving the performance of the government system. The changes proposed in Bill C-4 remove the responsibility formerly delegated to health and safety officers and gives that responsibility to the minister.

FETCO supports the provisions in the proposed legislation that are designed to improve the efficiency and allocation of resources by the Minister of Labour. Those positive measures include allowing the combining of identical or substantially similar health and safety matters, and allowing the minister to rely on the findings of previous investigations.

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