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Human Resources committee That's right.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee If they're not entitled to employment insurance, then they would have to resort to—
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee --alternate employment.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee No, sir. I wouldn't want to punish anyone, and employers don't want to punish anyone either.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee Yes, that is a layoff--
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee No, I'm not preventing them from looking for work.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee I don't think I do. I've said in my presentation that I didn't.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee I think that's fundamentally a statement that my friend is making--not necessarily asking a question--
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee What's that?
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee Well, I appreciate that you've brought up the situation at Lebel-sur-Quévillon, because I have a fair amount of information on and knowledge of that dispute. As part of my working career, as a matter of fact, since 1984 I've had responsibility for coordinating collective bargaining activities in the pulp and paper industry in eastern Canada, that is, from the Manitoba border through to Newfoundland.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee In addition to that, they had high labour costs for that mill, which--
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee I think that adopting a bill like this will advantage the unions and disadvantage companies.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee I'm not sure that I understand the question.
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell
Human Resources committee So you're talking about the details of the collective bargaining issues that were associated with the Domtar strike? Is that what you're--
April 26th, 2010Committee meeting
John Farrell