One thing we heard from witnesses is the concern that if we are going to have big investment in offshore wind, we have to make sure that Canadian workers are benefiting and that there are commitments to good jobs. We know that people who have worked in the oil sector and who may want to work there are used to getting good pay and good jobs. Issues of contracting out and bringing in other workers from other nations to handle the big jobs were raised.
This is a pretty straightforward amendment. It's to make sure we include project labour agreements and community benefit agreements to increase the participation of Canadians involved in this. It is very much in line with and matching what Biden is doing. Biden has made commitments to make sure there are going to be good-paying union jobs for American workers.
We can't leave our Canadian workers in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, and those who may want to move there to do these jobs, at risk without having commitments that there will be good, strong labour agreements in place.