Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here.
We have a once-in-a-century opportunity, but we have a narrow window to make this happen, because if we get it wrong, it means we're going to leave workers and communities behind. When I'm talking with workers, particularly energy workers, they're saying to me that they're more than ready to step up, but they want more than promises. They've been asking for a couple of clear things and they're not sure they're getting it. They want an independent body and they want it to have a mandate. They want the legislation to ensure that they are at the table.
In the fall budget, the government talked about a sustainable jobs secretariat. Is that where workers are going to be at the table?