Mr. Speaker, when I became Minister of Labour, a majority of members of parliament asked me to make fair wages one of my priorities.
I can inform the House that new regulations are being drafted. In late June 1999, in the provinces where there are no current wage schedules, Statistics Canada will conduct surveys to collect information to establish fair wage schedules.
The good news is that fair wage schedules will be in place in the fall of 1999 at the same time as the revised regulations.