Finance committee  There was always a requirement to file collective agreements, so the rationale for this was simply to try to encourage compliance with the measure. In the past, there have been some difficulties obtaining collective agreements from particular organizations. There is a service at

Finance committee  Sorry, perhaps I should clarify that. This is a DRAP-related measure, a deficit reduction action plan related measure. Currently, someone is responsible in the labour program for making certain that the collective agreements that haven't been filed are tracked down, because it's

Finance committee  I have a couple more.

Finance committee  There's another part to division 22—and then I'm here for division 23, as well.

Finance committee  The other part of division 22 is another amendment to the Canada Labour Code, unrelated to the first one. This amends part III of the Canada Labour Code to require federally regulated employers to insure, on a go-forward basis, any long-term disability plans they may offer to the

Finance committee  Yes. Division 23 in the part IV of the bill repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act, which was enacted in 1935. It stipulates that all persons employed by a contractor doing work on a federal government contract for construction, remodelling, repair, or demolition of any

Finance committee  Under the old legislation, there would be wage schedules used to determine the fair wages for those employees.

Finance committee  If that were the case, that would happen. I guess I would say that for construction workers who were unionized—

Finance committee  —typically the wage would be higher—

Finance committee  Right, and there are provinces that have provincial legislation stipulating wage rates in particular industries.

Finance committee  I think the primary rationale for eliminating this is that it's duplicative. There is provincial and territorial labour standards legislation applied to these workers. In this instance, it's a federal standard that was established in the 1930s at a time when provincial labour leg

Finance committee  Bell Canada is a federally regulated industry, yes.

Finance committee  Well, in this instance, this only applies to the construction sector, so typically it wouldn't apply to communications workers.

Finance committee  Division 39 of the enactment dismantles the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal and assigns its powers, duties, and functions to the Canada Industrial Relations Board. The government is introducing amendments to the Status of the Artist Act to repeal th

Finance committee  It is being moved to the CIRB now simply because there isn't enough activity at the Canadian Artists and Professional Relations Tribunal to justify maintaining its existence as a separate organization. As you pointed out initially, they both deal with the same subject matter. The