Human Resources committee  No. I'm referring to where it's been demonstrated by the employer, through whatever means the particular employer employs, that the employee is no longer able to perform that particular function in a safe manner and the person is already eligible for a pension; then the person wo

Human Resources committee  We'll have to agree to disagree on that, then, because our members believe they need to have measures in place to protect the health and safety of their employees and of Canadians.

Human Resources committee  We're not challenging the elimination of mandatory retirement from the Canadian Human Rights Act. All we're asking for on behalf of our members is that these companies that do provide critical services to Canadians have measures in place where they can manage their businesses, wh

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, and thank you for the opportunity to be here today. The Canadian Chamber, as you probably know, represents businesses of every size in every region of the country. We count amongst our members several federally regulated employers in the communications, financial ser

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. What Perrin said is absolutely true. I wasn't with the chamber at the time, but I've spoken with a couple of people who actually sat on the round tables, and they've said they were there as individuals. They were brought to the round tables because of their expertise in th

Foreign Affairs committee  We submitted a submission after the round tables' report was issued.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, we do not.

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, the Chamber of Commerce was not a part of the round tables process. And the issue with regard to the ombudsman was the fact that we felt that the government had the bureaucratic structure in place through the national contact point within DFAIT. We felt that rather

Industry committee  I was going to say that Mr. Sookman sits on our e-com telecom committee as a member, and he is participating with us today because he is an expert on--

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I send apologies on behalf of Shirley-Ann George, our senior vice-president of policy, who is ill today. Appearing with me today is Barry Sookman, who is with McCarthy Tétrault. Barry is widely known as an expert in Canadian technology law. He is the auth