Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, Chair and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you on this important subject. The Canadian Labour Congress advocates on national issues on behalf of three million working people. Many of the workers we speak on behalf of work in Canada's

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, I appreciate the work we've been able to accomplish together. This last time with COVID, with this pandemic, has highlighted the gaps within our systems, and health care is no different. When we look at that patchwork, we want to see a coming to

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. Can you just repeat the beginning part?

Human Resources committee  When we talk about it in health care and child care I think those kinds of frameworks are starting to exist across the country. Obviously health care has been long-standing. Child care is in the process of being written and what that looks like. The provinces play a role in that

Human Resources committee  I think how they do it is that we need to call it.... One of my fellow panellists called it this, that sometimes if we only look backwards we're not planning forward. We need to look at what we need moving forward, whether it's training or whether it's location of workers, and wh

Human Resources committee  Thank you for bringing up a really important part of when we talk about the care economy and we talk about the importance of long-term investments. When we look at the care economy, we're talking about women workers. You're right. The legislation that came in, in the fall, which

Human Resources committee  I apologize. Could you just repeat the first part of that?

Human Resources committee  This care commission, what it looks like and what it does, is really important. The reality is that there's a really great road map for the commission that has been well-established by the International Labour Organization. It did a groundbreaking report called “Care Work and Car

Human Resources committee  We know when we're looking at the care economy that there is a lower ability for automation. The care economy is really about people caring. Whether that's health care or education, from young people to adults and to the end of our lives, we need care work. Automation isn't going

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Chair and honourable members. My name is Siobhán Vipond. I am the executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress. I am honoured to be joining you today from the traditional unceded territories of the Anishinabe and Algonquin peoples. We at the CLC sp

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, we fundamentally believe that it is so important for our EI system to be robust and there for all workers, especially during situations like we've had in the past, where we have these economic crises and it needs to be there for workers to rely o

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hello to you and all the committee members. Thank you for this opportunity to appear in front of you. My name is Siobhán Vipond, and I'm the executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress, Canada's largest central labour body. We, as Canada's unio

Finance committee  Yes, we know that the strongest types of pensions are defined benefit pensions, so we think that's extremely important. I can pass it to my colleague, Chris Roberts, who has joined me today, to get into the technical side of it. We do appreciate that this is being prioritized, b

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. I think almost every witness here has said that there are lots of examples, so it isn't just in one region. Quite honestly, there's the example you gave, but also, when we look at Sears Canada, everything that happened was legal. Everything that happ

Finance committee  That's exactly what is happening. We are prioritizing the shareholders and the CEOs over those promises and those deferred benefits and deferred wages that workers have had. We need to see those changes. I absolutely agree with you. We will be having these same conversations in