Human Resources committee  Well, as I responded earlier to another question, there are three methods of doing it. Essentially the system is that once the board receives an application for certification, it conducts a preliminary investigation to ensure that the people whose cards are submitted, for example

Human Resources committee  Where votes are held, yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I think you're better off asking the chair of the board itself, who will be here on Thursday. Any complaints about the certification process don't actually come to the department, they go directly to the board. They would have the statistics and information on that.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  I can speak to the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board. I can't speak to the public sector side. Secret ballot votes are conducted by the board in three different ways. The first way is on site with a ballot booth, if you will, where, just as in a genera

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. For those of you who are anxious to get to the questions, you'll be delighted to hear that I don't have an opening statement. I would simply inform the committee that as this is a private member's bill, the department was not involved in the prepa

Finance committee  Yes, it does.

Finance committee  I'm sorry, what wouldn't apply?

Finance committee  Generally speaking, the construction industry is covered under provincial jurisdiction. That's right.

Finance committee  I think I finished my answer.

Finance committee  As to the first part of your question, the very first part, I can confirm that you're right: in the absence of the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act, then a contractor bidding on a federal government contract would be obliged to meet whatever the provincial regulations happen to

Finance committee  I would have to agree with you there. Just by way of information, the federal contracts for non-residential construction used to be over 10% of the whole market many years ago. They have now dropped to around 2%. So clearly the act has become less relevant over the years.

Finance committee  If I understand the question correctly, the link between temporary foreign workers and the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act as it is currently administered is simply not fair. There is no link at all. I'm not an expert on the temporary foreign worker program, so I can't comment

Finance committee  On all construction projects.