Human Resources committee  Actually, the workers who come here under these programs do join a union and they do have the same rights and receive the same pay as Canadians do. This low-skilled...it is still a pilot project. It's hopefully going to become a permanent program. But this is different from the s

Human Resources committee  The same pay, the same working conditions.

Human Resources committee  Ten per cent of a workforce in a meat plant would be a lot, when it's foreign workers.

Human Resources committee  No. In fact, as I mentioned, it costs the employer a lot more to hire these foreign workers. If he could find Canadians, he would do so, because this costs more.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Jim. My name is Gregg Badger. I'm the chief operating officer and the placement services partner of Ronald A. Chisholm. Chisholm is an associate member of the Canadian Meat Council. Our company has been around since 1938, and we're one of the largest food traders in t