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Finance committee Hi. Thank you. It's very nice to be here this afternoon. I really appreciate the opportunity to provide input into the 2021 budget consultations. Unifor is Canada's largest private sector union. We represent 315,000 members, in nearly every sector of the economy and in every pr
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Finance committee I can do some of it in two minutes.
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Finance committee People in Canada receive income in multiple ways, and income security supports are delivered in multiple ways. Each of those programs serves a different purpose. None of them should be abandoned. Many of them should be improved substantially. We saw with the implementation of CER
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Finance committee We have many asks, but two asks are for these two industries that are related to air transportation, the air transportation sector and the aerospace sector. In the air transportation sector, we're looking for a targeted air transportation recovery plan and a long-term plan that
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Finance committee Yes, absolutely. I'll read right from our brief. Under the heading “Rebuild Canada's Fiscal Capacity”, it reads: Enhance Canada’s fiscal capacity through a number of tax changes including implementing a wealth tax, close tax loopholes, clamp down on tax havens and amend the Inc
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Finance committee That's another very big question. We do have folks who are experts on the energy industry and the specific policies of this government and previous governments. What I will say is that the prize for us is that people have good jobs, and those good jobs come in many different for
December 10th, 2020Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee I think Jerry had to step out, but I can answer that.
March 11th, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee I'm Kaylie Tiessen. I work in the research department at Unifor, supporting the sector. We have been vocal on this issue for nearly a year now, including talking about the need for any support to flow to workers. It has to be focused on healthy social outcomes that ensure good j
March 11th, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee We've put on the table the need to make sure benefits—exactly your wording—flow to workers in terms of keeping wages, benefits, working conditions, limit executive bonuses, and make sure that workers are gaining back what they've lost before there's this explosion in shareholder
March 11th, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee I can take that question. Jerry must have been kicked out. Our members pay dues to the union. The union fights for all sorts of things, including better training. In the aerospace sector, we're always talking about improved and increased training for the sector so that we're inv
March 11th, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee Yes, absolutely. We have training programs connected with the shipbuilding sector specifically and other trade groups to get women in trades and indigenous people in trades. It's to make workplaces more welcoming for people who have been traditionally excluded because they have f
March 11th, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee Good morning, and thank you. My name is Kaylie Tiessen. I'm an economist and policy analyst. I work in the research department at Unifor. Unifor represents 315,000 members across the country, including thousands who have been affected by decisions made by the Competition Bureau,
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee What I have done in my research is read what the most recent statement was by the Competition Bureau. Because of that change, they were unable to investigate the accusations of collusion. Exactly what the rationale was back in 2009, I'm not aware of. I'm aware of the results of t
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee My understanding of what happens in the U.S. is that they are 100% able to investigate the effects of mergers, acquisitions and other anti-competitive behaviour on the labour market. They consider things like wage fixing to be anti-competitive behaviour, which means workers are p
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen
Industry committee Yes, absolutely, and it happens in other areas as well. We're currently researching the Shaw and Rogers merger, looking at what monopsony power might be occurring in that industry, how we might be able to countervail that with the tools we have, and why we would not increase the
April 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Kaylie Tiessen