Natural Resources committee  Under the collective agreements, there is never a work stoppage. We work very hard on that. In every agreement we'll ask for x number of years, and we guarantee no work stoppage, unless there would be a great issue involved. But no, from our end, we would not create a work stoppa

Natural Resources committee  As you know, I think, the government had a role in Chalk River. At one point, it was a very prominent facility for creating isotopes and other things. Unfortunately, Chalk River has lost its prestige, not just through the government's fault but through the changing world and a ch

Natural Resources committee  I believe those in the unionized sector who work in construction in our nuclear facilities are some of the best trained in the world, so from their end, they will work in the safest environment possible. I know the speaker before me talked about an incident in Bruce. It's not f

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. On behalf of the International Union of Operating Engineers, the IUOE, and our nearly 55,000 members across Canada, we thank the committee for allowing us the opportunity to appear today. My name is Steven Schumann. I am the Canadian government affairs director for

International Trade committee  There would be definitely more coming to Canada. I can't give you a number, but I see very few Canadian construction workers going anywhere, to any of these countries—maybe Australia in the wintertime, but they're not going to go to Mexico, Chile, or Peru. The work standards and

International Trade committee  Correct.

International Trade committee  Yes. There are thousands and thousands of job sites. There are not enough people out there provincially on the job sites. There are three streamsBMR. There's one where they check safety, but federally, enforcement is not happening with regard to the foreign workers coming in.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  No, because with Canadian workers if you are trained in Ontario as a crane operator, you're going to be a safe operator who understands the rules already. If you're trained in Mexico, I don't know if you actually know how to operate it.

International Trade committee  And—

International Trade committee  And that's a question we've had with officials right now, and we are not getting a clear answer. What they're looking at now is that if someone says I got trained at the University of Mexico, for example, someone then says okay, they've got the training, check mark. Does it mean

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  We found out after New Zealand released the documents after the election. That was the first time.

International Trade committee  It was a shock that they were excluded and that we were included. We were never approached. It's the first time ever that labour's been included. I know that we were asked why we didn't ask to reach out. We just assumed because labour was never included in past agreements, why wo

International Trade committee  Agreed.