Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Government Operations committee  I just have a comment that when you talk about shutdowns—and I think Larry touched on this too—we have a concern. The way everything's happening right now in the turn is actually providing a skilled workforce. The upcoming shutdowns are going to require a huge workforce and a ski

Government Operations committee  I know from our locals in Quebec that there are several who've now gone to Manitoba to work on some of the hydro facility projects out there. So there is mobility. There is a bigger question in there that we won't discuss here, and that's the question of standards. Every provin

Government Operations committee  Right now our average age for operating engineers, who range from crane operators to concrete pumps, is around 45 years old. That's our average age. You look at some of our training schools, and I'll take Holyrood, in Newfoundland, we have young men and women there who are willin

Human Resources committee  Thank you. My name is Steven Schumann. I'm the Canadian government affairs director for the International Union of Operating Engineers. With me is Harold McBride. He's executive director—

Human Resources committee  Yes. Harold McBride is the executive director for our Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario, and he's also the manager of the Canadian Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Council, our national training organization. We are a progressive and diversi

Human Resources committee  Our sector is a construction trade sector, and that's what our needs are. We can't speak on behalf of the whole employment industry in Canada. We're a very specific sector in which we see the shortages. I think Mr. Georgetti is right. If you look at the overall picture, if we c

Human Resources committee  I'll touch on it quickly, and then we'll go to Harold. Our training is probably the most advanced training out there. We provide training actually for other countries, and we're looking at other opportunities. Compared to some of the private schools out there, as I said, with th

Human Resources committee  Thank you for allowing us to appear before you today. My name is Steven Schumann. I am the Canadian government affairs director for the International Union of Operating Engineers, or IUOE for short. With me is Brain Pelletier. He's our aboriginal coordinator for our local 793

Human Resources committee  Currently, training in Alberta is very different from what it is in the other provinces. A lot of it is run by SAIT and NAIT in Alberta, so we're very limited right now in the training we can do. Up in Fort McMurray, too, we're quite aware of the cultural awareness issues up ther

International Trade committee  On behalf of the International Union of Operating Engineers, I would like to thank the committee for allowing me to raise our concerns around the TPP, in particular chapter 12, temporary foreign entry of business persons, and the possible negative impact it could have on Canada's

International Trade committee  Right now, there's the example of high-rise concrete construction in British Columbia. The unionized building trades have been approached by three non-union companies to ask for our help in deterring the underground economy in British Columbia. There's an RCMP investigation that

International Trade committee  They're being investigated right now, and I'd be more than willing to bring in the people who have done that for you.