Human Resources committee  Sure, let me just make a quick point on each. In terms of linking economic data—there's economic prosperity data and there's labour stoppage data—to the present, you can run regression analysis and ask, is this connected or not? There are complex mixes of things, so I'd hesitate

Human Resources committee  There are two things, in terms of balance. Obviously, the use of replacement workers affects the strike. I've been in a strike situation along the way, and it's ugly. It's difficult from all sides; emotions are raw. Obviously, once you're in a strike, both sides do whatever they

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I am the vice-president of research of the Work Research Foundation. On the form, it was business, labour, or individual, and I don't represent a labour organization or a business organization, which is why, I guess, I checked the individual box. I'm not here represen

Human Resources committee  I was on the labour side of things, not on the management. I'm not sure where that threshold is in terms of the range of companies that are covered by this legislation, so I really wouldn't want to guess.

Human Resources committee  I would agree. I think the likely impact of this legislation is not going to be on the strikes once they happen per se. I think the more significant impact of the passage of this legislation would be, I suspect, for a period of time, an increase in labour disruptions. You could a

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My thanks to the committee for extending the invitation for me to be here today, and also to the clerk of the committee and the staff for assisting in the translation. The 1996 task force report on which the last major rewrite of our federal labour code wa