Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to start by congratulating ATU Local 1724 president Joe McCann and all of their members today on ratifying a contract with Transdev and HandyDART. I know this was a long-fought battle for them. They secured increased wages and also a reduction in the use of taxis, which this committee would be interested in, as this serves people with disabilities who were being subjected more and more to transportation that did not suit their needs. I wanted to congratulate all of the HandyDART workers. Thank you again to the president of Local 1724.
I want to thank member Wayne Long for allowing us to shine a light on the corporate practices that are driving down wages and the new generation of worker exploitation that actually necessitated unions in the first place.
I will ask witness Dan Janssen if he could share some workplace practices he is seeing that are eroding the rights of workers, which Parliament should be addressing with legislation.
If we have time, I would also like to ask that question of witness Bea Bruske.