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Natural Resources committee It's a good question. I think we can do a lot of work. I agree that, at the beginning, there will be some type of co-worker who will have to come from abroad. Can we train our workers to do that work? Yes. We've done it on other projects. If I understood it rightly, the boring
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee We haven't had any discussions with officials. We've had some brief conversations with the minister's office. If there's a will, there's a way. We always want to work with anyone who wants to work with us to find solutions. We'll be more than happy to sit with officials to see ho
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee That's a good question. Rarely do I say that I'm jealous of our neighbours south of us, but, in this case, I am. President Biden has put the metal to the pedal. He has been true to his word, and he's acted. They have acted. I will say that unionized construction work has reaped
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee Let me be clear: Corporations and companies will always find loopholes. In talking about Bill C-49, the government told us that, under the “Principles” component of this bill, industrial benefits should be covered. Principles mean nothing. If you look at the benefits plan, it sa
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee Thank you for the question. Obviously, we build it all and we see that renewable energy is necessary not only for climate change but for us to get ahead of it. I think it's very important in the sense that it will provide us with opportunities, but we need to make sure now, thro
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee Good afternoon. On behalf of the International Union of Operating Engineers in Canada, I am honoured to appear before the committee today. The majority of our members build and maintain Canada's infrastructure. We build it all, such as hydro dams, mines, nuclear plants, solar
February 5th, 2024Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee No, because obviously what happens is some of our members who also get training leave the union, and then they're in the non-union sector. So they obviously have the training. I guess it came out the wrong way, in that sense. But our workers are trained. We have training. We're t
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee We have 14 different trades that cover different things. As I said, we're the heavy equipment aspect. I think some of the technical things.... Ours is more applicable to all sectors. Those who work probably more inside the facilities, such as the electricians and the pipefitters
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee I'm not the expert on that side. As I said, our workers just like to build things. In moving forward on any model you have for storage—this is for any energy facility you have out there—don't be afraid to regulate to no end. Safety is huge. Regulation is paramount. Workers abid
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee For the construction side, I think we're pretty well regulated, because in Ontario particularly our members are the highest trained. So I would not want to comment on that. I think the trade themselves would have comment on that. But again, we already meet the highest standards,
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee Yes. As I said, if they are given the training and opportunity to get the hours to become a proper journeyperson, yes. It only takes a little bit of training to move them off to another facility.
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee Yes, it does. Yes.
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee I understand that. That was my—
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann
Natural Resources committee It's hard to say, because who knows what the facility will look like in five years from now? Right now, at the facility we have a lot of issues in retaining and attracting new talent to come out there. So obviously in five years, if there has not been a significant investment int
December 8th, 2016Committee meeting
Steven Schumann