Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
I'd like to thank my colleague, Mr. Erskine-Smith, for bringing forth the motion to have the chains come forward because they were caught with collusion in the bread scandal across the country by the Competition Bureau. I amended the motion to include at least some worker representation. There's no doubt that this issue, and this industry, could use more oversight and more activity, and all members have been supportive of that. We'll see where we go, but this is just the first dive at this, no doubt.
The first question I have is for UFCW and Unifor. With regard to the structures inside both groups of workers you represent, I didn't realize that your workers at, for example, Food Basics versus Metro, or No Frills versus Loblaws, are paid differently. They could be part of the same company, but they're structured so that the basic stores, or the ones that are at the lower end of the grocery store chain in terms of their modelling, pay their workers less. Is that true?