Citizenship and Immigration committee  The plant in Kitchener would currently have approximately 600 hourly workers. Including the corporate functions based there, the total head count working out of the Courtland Avenue facility would be in the neighbourhood of 850.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's been no change to the head count of the operating population in that Kitchener facility in the time that Maple Leaf has owned it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The average wage in Brandon would be about $17 an hour. That would be inclusive.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In 2002, prior to being owned by Maple Leaf, Schneiders negotiated a collective agreement with their employee association, and rather than reduce any wages of any of their current employees at that time, they introduced a second tier of wages for any new hires that would join the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I couldn't speak to that off the top of my head. I'm sorry; I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  None.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it would be the hourly workers. And Kitchener is a difficult situation, because they have a two-tiered wage structure based on the age of the plant. But their wages would be, I believe, within a dollar of that, give or take.