Welcome, everybody. Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, February 1, 2018, we are studying Bill C-62, an act to amend the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act and other acts.
We have a number of witnesses here today. From the Association of Justice Counsel, we welcome Ursula Hendel, President. From the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, we have Greg Phillips, President, with Peter Engelmann, Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP. From the Canadian Labour Congress, we welcome Chris Roberts, National Director, Social and Economic Policy Department. From the Canadian LabourWatch Association, we have John Mortimer, President. From the Public Service Alliance of Canada, we have Chris Aylward, National Executive Vice-President, and Krista Devine, General Counsel and Director of Representation.
Welcome to you all.
We're going to get right into opening statements by each group. We keep the statements as close to seven minutes as possible. I will notify you when you have one minute left. Trust me: a minute is a long time, so don't panic. We do need to keep on time. I'm going to have to cut people off at seven minutes just so we make sure we get everybody in before we get called back upstairs.
Starting us off is Ursula Hendel, President, the Association of Justice Counsel.