Good afternoon. I am Stéphane Lacroix. I am the Director of Communications for Teamsters Canada.
Teamsters Canada is a labour organization with more than 125,000 members. It is affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has 1,400,000 members across North America. We represent workers in most sectors of the economy: Transport (air, trucking, rail and shipping), retail, motion pictures, brewery and soft drinks, construction, dairy, graphic communications, warehousing and more.
As Canada's leading transportation union, Teamsters Canada participates in reviews and consultations, and the resulting legislation and regulatory proposals that result from those consultations. Teamsters Canada also participates in regulatory agency activities concerning transportation issues.
Teamsters Canada participated in the review process for Bill C-9. Teamsters Canada is also an observer to the Advisory Council to the Minister of Transportation on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods.
The advisory council is a collegial body where groups with many different viewpoints work together towards improving the safety and security of the transportation of dangerous goods.
Bill C-9 is the result of many hours of work by Transport Canada and the stakeholders in the industry.