Government Operations committee  My question had to do with the fact that one worker today is the equivalent of two workers back in 1990. Also, what exactly are you doing as a union? Of course, I understand what you are doing and I am aware of that, but you are speaking on behalf of current members of the Profe

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

Government Operations committee  It's really just cheap labour.

Government Operations committee  I am putting this question to you seriously. On page 10 of your brief, you say: “Professionals in the public service are already doing the job of two people due to the cutbacks in personnel since the early 1990s.” Do you think that is because employees were lazy or because—

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to do exactly what I did a little earlier for the witnesses we heard before you. Like Mr. Simard, I am wondering whether there is any hope. Would you say that your comments—I won't say your vision—apply to all of Canada? I'm asking that questio

Government Operations committee  —Maurice Lamontagne Institute.

Government Operations committee  I thought so. Thank very much.

Government Operations committee  I am not only talking about equity. I listened to your comments and I have your brief in front of me. You said that, based on average salary levels for men and women retirees, women are even less well off than men. I don't know whether that was before pay equity or since it has

Government Operations committee  I see. When Ms. Barrados appeared before us, I put a question to her. I asked her whether human resources planning was still just as bad. And you are confirming that workforce and human resources planning is inadequate, because they are using a roundabout way—the fact is that t

Government Operations committee  I see. I imagine that the Chair is going to tell me that my time has run out. Madam Chair, I would like to ask one last question. On page 2 of the French version of your statement, you say, and I quote: Added to this is the significant amount of harassment and discrimination

Government Operations committee  I want to begin by thanking the witnesses for being with us today. Mr. Gordon, if this meeting were taking place in an amphitheatre on a college or university campus, or in a professional training centre, and I was one of the student apprentices sitting here listening to you, I

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Mr. Harrison, in 2004, the committee heard from witnesses who explained that for some boards—and I don't remember which ones—the appointment process was rather loosely structured. At the time, Mr. Poilievre and some of his colleagues sat beside

Government Operations committee  I am going to interrupt you because I am sure that the chair is going to warn me that I have only one minute remaining. We only have seven minutes. Do I still have a minute left?

Government Operations committee  I'm going to interrupt you because I would like to discuss something that concerns us. Would the criteria you developed guarantee, to parliamentarians and all citizens, that the process will be as watertight as possible, so that there would not be any room for partisan or ideolog

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for coming here, Mr. Harrison. Knowing you the way I do, I'm not surprised that you have come to appear as an individual despite the fact that you are no longer in this position. In January, you provided the government with an opinion as part o