Public Safety committee  In those two instances, I believe it was not related to response time. It was related to issues of whether the safety procedures, the notify and release procedures, had been properly followed.

Public Safety committee  To the best of my recollection, none of the decisions where there was a finding of danger--the two that we just mentioned--raised that element as a reason of concern with respect to the issue of danger.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I don't know the exact numbers related to the specific nature of the complaint. I can say, though, that a number of them raised that issue as a concern in the context of the work refusals. In those particular cases, as I mentioned, when the investigation was conducted

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have that particular information. I don't know if my colleague from the CBSA would have those numbers.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, that was in the timeline I had indicated, starting from May of 2005 to the last refusal that we dealt with, which I think was around December of 2006.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, in terms of the refusals that we dealt with, basically employees who feel that they have a reasonable cause to believe they're in danger can exercise their right to refuse. There's a process, as I mentioned in my presentation, that's followed, to be dealt with internal

Public Safety committee  When there's a work refusal and it hasn't been resolved by the workplace parties, then our health and safety officers are called in to investigate. They basically look at all the information that's available to them. They look at the facts of the particular case in question; they

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's a pleasure to be here with you all today. I'm the director general of national labour operations at the labour program at HRSD. The labour program is responsible for the administration and enforcement of part II of the Canada Labour Code. The code