Thank you, Chair.
My first question will be for Sean Strickland.
Before I begin, I also want to express my solidarity with IBEW members here in Manitoba who are fighting for a fair contract from Manitoba Hydro. I really appreciate the work they do day in and day out.
Mr. Strickland, I know you talked a bit about this earlier in this meeting, but I'm wondering if you could elaborate more on how employers' misclassification of workers allows them to evade paying into EI and how this business practice undermines competition by placing EI-paying employers at a disadvantage. Why is this a problem in the industry? Is it getting worse? What needs to be done right now to put a stop to this?