Transport committee  In the example I gave with Manitoba Hydro, really, it's a lack of competition. If there's one union or a group of selective unions that have sole jurisdiction over a certain amount of work, they may do things well or they may do things poorly. To take an issue like employment of

Transport committee  CLAC members currently work in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., and Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. We have not yet expanded into Quebec or the maritime provinces.

Transport committee  That's correct. In those provinces, specifically in the construction industry, there's legislation that indicates specific unions.... In the Maritimes specifically, it's only the international building trades unions that are allowed to represent workers as construction unions i

Transport committee  I can't speak so much from a contractor point of view, but one aspect I would like to talk about is safety. To the question—and I know it hasn't come up yet—of whether CLAC is as safe as other unions, I can say wholeheartedly that it is absolutely. In terms of risk factors from t

Transport committee  No, we do not, as a matter of conscience, send any money to political parties. We do not support any political parties, provincially or federally, and we do not give any sort of directive to our members as to whom to vote for.

Transport committee  We follow the exact same procedures and application procedure in every province or jurisdiction in which we seek certification as other unions do.

Transport committee  That's correct. It's nominally different in every region across Canada.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Absolutely not.

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  Not related to the subject matter here today. No.

Transport committee  I'll address the question about collective bargaining and try to bring it back to this context by saying that we negotiate very competitive collective agreements. We certainly believe in workers being paid fair market wages. In the construction industry, as it relates to work on

Transport committee  That's a very good question. I would point to the example of the City of Hamilton. Before the City of Hamilton, in 2005, became signatory to the carpenters union, many of our signatory contractors and our members performed work in the city of Hamilton. The City of Hamilton, prio

Transport committee  When members join those particular unions that have those funds, they make the choice and take the risk, you might say, of joining a union where their contractor is paying $1, $2, $3 an hour into that STAB fund and risk that contractor being less competitive.

Transport committee  CLAC would be subject to the exact same reporting requirements as any other trade union in Canada under Bill C-377. When the bill was first introduced, we certainly did make submissions to the government in terms of some flaws that we saw with the bill. But to answer your questio