International Trade committee  Please, I'll explain. When we were first invited, we also asked if Hector could join us and split our time. That's what we've decided to do. We'll do five minutes and five minutes, and that will make up Unifor's time. I only learned about the extra 10 minutes today, so it was too

International Trade committee  Thanks for that question. It's an excellent question. I'll tell you that one piece of this is that the 40% applies to light cars. The 45% of this new labour value content applies to trucks. There are two different conditions. Mechanisms in the current language of the agreement a

International Trade committee  I think I answered the second part of your question. Again, there's no tracking mechanism that I'm aware of. As the regulations come out, these are questions that need to be asked as those are drafted. In terms of Mr. Kingston's comments, I do agree that there's a lot more to th

International Trade committee  I agree with Hector. We've been consistent in understanding what that $16 provision will be. I also want to clarify, so folks aren't left with a misunderstanding. Despite the fact that it signifies in the text of the agreement that this is a minimum wage of $16 U.S. per hour, t

International Trade committee  I can make a few comments, and then Hector can fill in. I feel odd giving you this answer with Hector listening in. I don't know that anybody is holding their breath. In my remarks, I referred to the language of the text of the agreement as being somehow like the magic wand that

International Trade committee  I wouldn't go so far as to talk about parity of certain auto rights, but on the other pieces you're absolutely right. We've been talking a lot about the auto rules as they relate to labour, talking a little about the Mexican annex that was negotiated to deal with the issues that

International Trade committee  I'd say that the fact that this deal is going to get done is probably as much certainty as people have had in the last three years of this roller coaster. In a way, then, it becomes a good thing. Many big investment decisions have been on pause, with people waiting to find out wh

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  The consequences are not clear about what the disparity between the steel and aluminum provisions are in NAFTA. One thing that is important to put in perspective—although I'm not going to diminish it—is that the aluminum industry, for instance, is a very big industry in Canada,

International Trade committee  Oh, I'm sorry. We'll talk after.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Chair and members of the committee. It's a pleasure to have been invited to speak with you today and to be presenting alongside my distinguished panellists. I am Angelo DiCaro, the national director of research for Unifor. We are Canada's l

Environment committee  I would say that we can encapsulate our approach to industry building in the auto sector, probably since the late 1990s, when the former 1965 Auto Pact was dismantled. That was an interesting trade agreement we had. It was the only trade agreement of its kind that actually mandat

Environment committee  Absolutely. I really couldn't agree more. The strategic position we're in, just to build on the comments I started with, is quite remarkable. As other panellists have talked about, we're rich in emissions-free energy, and at the same time we're rich in the resources that are in h

Environment committee  Thanks very much. Those are really intriguing ideas. The great part of this study that's being undertaken is that we get to float some of these really creative thoughts forward. A means-tested approach to vehicle incentives is very intriguing. This is not something on which Un

Environment committee  If I were to characterize it, I would say right now we're at a fork in the road, to build on a really bad metaphor for vehicles in this case, and that's certainly what it feels like. I will tell you that two months ago there was a view that this was going to be the death knell o