Status of Women committee  No.

Status of Women committee  Some of the recommendations in the report were implemented. Others are still on an ongoing basis. Do you want me to go through them seriatim or just in general?

Status of Women committee  You're referring to the Ready report, I assume.

Status of Women committee  I just want to point out--

Status of Women committee  I'd like to point out that the Ready report was commissioned by the union. The union offered the employer to go fifty-fifty to conduct that study. The employer declined. Mr. Ready conducted what some would say was a subjective study. There were a number of issues raised that needed to be addressed, and he made a number of recommendations on developing policies and procedures to eliminate discrimination and bad behaviour on the waterfront.

Status of Women committee  That would depend on the area you're in. For instance, the union local in Prince Rupert, which is the recently developed port up there--there's been quite an expansion--went through a recent hiring process. They put ads in the local newspapers, the various community newspapers, for that, and I think also in the Sun and the Province.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. With the obvious problems associated with this proposal, why would the employer insist on this type of approach of adding 200 people? We'd say that the BCMEA's solutions would conveniently achieve a goal the employer has had for a long time: to gain control of the dispatch system and to diminish seniority rights.

Status of Women committee  All right.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Dr. Fry, Madam Chair. My name is Tom Dufresne and I am the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada. I've held this position for some 14 years now. With me are Barb Byers, the executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress, and Susan O'Donnell, who is the executive director of the B.C.

Status of Women committee  We'll share it.