Finance committee  Well, we believe that if you do lose revenue, you're going to have only two choices: you can cut services or reduce services or reduce the size of the workforce. I don't think Ms. Margles can say with certainty that this will not have an impact, both on the services and on the nu

Finance committee  I think the answer you are given is that this is what the potential is. I guess the bigger question would be how much business has already been lost. More importantly, Canada Post has a mandate to provide service to Canadians from coast to coast. As the revenue share diminishes

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On behalf of the Canadian Labour Congress and its 3.2 million members, we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to appear before the committee on the important public interest issues that are raised in part 15 of Bill C-9. The CLC represents work

Finance committee  Yes, without a doubt. I think it would be of tremendous assistance to those companies that want to modernize their facilities and put new equipment in, so yes.

Finance committee  Without a doubt, now is the time.

Finance committee  Our response has been consistent. We believe that the 360 hours we have calculated would, first, provide uniformity across the country. I agree with the point. I think a Canadian is a Canadian. There aren't any differences, regardless of what region of the country you live in. I

Finance committee  First, I think the money that was paid in by workers and employers should remain there for the purpose of providing benefits. The fact that it has been treated as general revenue for quite some time is simply unacceptable. It is not general revenue; it is a premium that has been

Finance committee  No, we're advocating for one level. Again, Canadians do move from where they live. I think we should just have a floor that everybody is guaranteed.

Finance committee  I think we've been to this committee long before you were here, and there may be others here longer--

Finance committee  Exactly.

Finance committee  I think the committee as a whole has recommended in the past that we should move to this, and it has never been implemented.

Finance committee  I'll get my colleague Andrew Jackson to respond.

Finance committee  Again, obviously, I'll leave it to the opposition to continue to insist that the government needs to make some fundamental changes to the program, because far too many workers, through no fault of their own, are being denied benefits despite the fact that they've paid premiums fo

Finance committee  I understand. We also call for longer benefits of at least 50 weeks in all regions so that fewer unemployed workers exhaust a claim. Very quickly on the question of jobs, to deal with the still worsening jobs crisis, the CLC calls for the federal government to launch, in partne

Finance committee  First of all, on behalf of the Canadian Labour Congress and its 3.2 million members, we thank the committee again for affording us the opportunity to make our presentation today. The CLC calls on the federal government to address three key issues in the next budget: pensions, e