Great. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for being here.
I just want to comment quickly that's it's great to have interpretation in person. This meeting is functioning very well compared with some other meetings. Thank you to whomever set that up.
I want to talk about recent news that the unemployment rate in Canada jumped to 6.1% in March from 5.8% in February. This 6.1% is a full percentage point over a year ago. I'm wondering if this is something you're concerned with and are hearing about from your members. Are there concerns with this trend of the unemployment rate going up and of workers losing their jobs?
Mr. Ashton from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, could you maybe answer that first?