Industry committee  Thank you so much, Chair, and thank you to all the committee members. Good afternoon. I'd like to convey my appreciation on behalf of the CLC president, Hassan Yussuff, for the opportunity to appear before you today and present the views of the Canadian Labour Congress. The CLC

Industry committee  In a nutshell, this is simply the idea of sectoral strategy tables that would bring together all of the stakeholders that have an immediate interest in manufacturing in strategic industries.

Industry committee  It's at the subsector level, such as transportation equipment manufacturing, say, or aerospace, or even food manufacturing. Whatever it is, it's an opportunity to bring together all of the important stakeholders in question to identify opportunities to promote investment in and d

Industry committee  No, that wasn't the purpose. It was simply posing the opportunity to identify high-value-added or high-tech sectors that are strategically important for Canada's manufacturing presence globally and starting there.

Industry committee  Thank you for that excellent question. We firmly believe that there's no way that we're going to meet Canada's greenhouse gas reduction targets unless we have a concerted and ambitious program of expanding green economy activity. Manufacturing is going to play an important part

Industry committee  Yes, we would just like to see integrated and coordinated efforts in that regard. Instead of just leaving it to the market, which could risk a tidal wave of imports, have some targeted strategy to develop the manufacturing to support that kind of retrofit.

Industry committee  Well, the CLC and its affiliate unions, especially in the building trades, have a long-running initiative to encourage interest in the trades, which are very important for a lot of the manufacturing industries. We have especially identified groups that have historically been disa

Industry committee  Mr. Chair, may I quickly speak up to defend the good name of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which is a very honourable and admirable union that's an affiliate of the CLC.

Industry committee  No, not as close linkages that we would like. Specifically, what I proposed was focused strategic venues that would bring all of the relevant stakeholders together in a particular industry, including labour, employers, industry groups, business associations, colleges, and various

Industry committee  Yes, northern European countries have this co-determination, or co-operation, or coordination and collaboration to a much higher degree than Canada does at the workplace level, at the enterprise level, and at the sector level. Absolutely I would propose looking to northern Europe

Industry committee  We're critical of it, frankly, especially for the lower-skilled and lower-wage streams. We don't feel there's a case for that. With respect to the higher-skilled streams, we believe that if Canada could do something about its terrible training record and find a solution that wou

Industry committee  It's terrible agreement, and I can tell you why.

Industry committee  It's urgently needed. In comparison to the scale of new investment in plant formation in the United States and Mexico relative to Canada, it's crystal clear that we're at risk of not being able to renew the kinds of investments that we have made historically. This is going to hav

Finance committee  Committee and Chair, good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to appear in front of you today. I bring you greetings from CLC president Hassan Yussuff, who wanted to attend but was unable to. The CLC, as you may know, is Canada's largest labour central. It's the voice on n

Finance committee  Thanks for the question. Yes, indeed, most defined benefit plans are integrated with the CPP. That means the benefit, the workplace pension benefit, is adjusted to take into account the CPP. It's the same with the contribution rate. There's nothing in Bill C-26 that tells workp