Welcome.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, January 29, 2018, the committee is resuming its consideration of Bill C-65, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code, harassment and violence, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1.
Today the committee will hear from federally regulated private sector unions. Given the size of the group today, we've broken it into two different panels. In the first panel, coming to us from the Canadian Labour Congress, we have Marie Clarke-Walker, secretary-treasurer, and Tara Peel, national representative. From the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, we have Carl Girouard, national union representative, grievances. From the Public Service Alliance of Canada, we have Patricia Harewood, legal officer, and Andrea Peart, health and safety officer.
Welcome, all of you, and thank you for being here today. We know that we've had quite the quick turnaround on this committee, so we really appreciate you making time to be here to help us make sure that this bill is as good as it possibly can be.
We're going to start with the Canadian Labour Congress.
The next seven minutes are yours.