Thank you.
My question is for Ms. Bruske. She referenced in her opening statement the fight, sometimes, with big corporations in terms of securing benefits for workers. Sometimes those fights, though, are with governments.
I referenced in our last committee meeting the fight that unions had with former premier Mike Harris and his “common sense revolution”, and the days of actions that led to thousands of employees taking to the streets. Legislation from Prime Minister Harper was referenced today in terms of targeting unionized workers. Then, of course, I can point to Bill 124, with Premier Ford completely undermining the collective bargaining process, trying to cap wages outside of that process and really violating the rights of union members and of the people who represent them at the bargaining table.
I have a quick question for you, Ms. Bruske.
We look at wage disparity between union and non-union workers. Sometimes Conservative governments have it in them to pick a fight with unionized workers. Can you advise the committee on how we deal with those instances in terms of trying to correct some of the damages that have been done to that process over the years and how we can support, as a government, workers by just supporting the basic rights they have in terms of what they bring to the bargaining table?