So, it is because of the logistics of the committee that everything could not be done in Toronto. The committee will deal with that issue later on.
I would like to take advantage of the fact that we have representatives both of the workers and of the industry. The committee will have to make some recommendations on how to reconcile the protection of workers with the needs of employers. One of the major problems that we have heard about relates to the fact that the temporary visa given to the worker is associated to a specific employer.
Let us say that someone comes to work for Maple Leaf Foods or for another employer. If that employer is unscrupulous, he can have some incredible power on that worker and he can take advantage of him by telling him that, if he's unhappy, he just has to go back to his country. That is a problem.
Some people have suggested that we should allow workers to change employers, like any Canadian can, in order to avoid this type of abuse. On the other hand, some employers have told us that they have had to bear some costs to bring those workers in the country, related to hiring, to airfares, etc.
As a committee, we will have to find a position reconciling the two. For example, if we allowed the worker to move from an employer to another, in the same field of work, the expenses paid by the first employer could be transferred to the new one.
Do you think this could be a satisfactory solution for workers as well as for employers?