International Trade committee  Basically, yes. That's correct. There isn't much change. What we are looking for is a way to get rid of the tariffs the United States is currently imposing on softwood lumber. Nothing in the agreement, however, puts a stop to the tariffs being imposed.

International Trade committee  I'll touch on the risk involved. As Mr. Neumann pointed out, the auto sector is growing in Mexico, but the country doesn't produce any aluminum, so the question is this: Where will Mexico get the aluminum it needs? It should get it from us, here in Canada, since we are by far Nor

International Trade committee  Yes, not only could it keep buying from China, but it could also buy more from China.

International Trade committee  On the forestry sector specifically, all we know is that about eight mills have closed in western Canada in the last eight or nine months as a result of the softwood lumber duties. The problem.... Regarding the package you mentioned that was announced by the government at the t

International Trade committee  —so none of that money really went out the door. Unfortunately, now that our members really need it, it doesn't appear to be available. That's the problem we have.

International Trade committee  We have presented a number of plans to provincial governments and to federal governments. The first thing we need is to have those illegal softwood lumber duties lifted. That's the first thing we need. It is an integrated North American market, but as Ken mentioned, it's essenti

Public Safety committee  May I make a quick point on this issue? One thing our union does is gather empirical data around why people want to join unions—perhaps not surprisingly. One thing you find is that, yes, people want higher benefits and wages and terms and conditions of employment, but actually

Public Safety committee  Right, and I agree with you that the certification decision should be in the hands of employees. Because it should be in the hands of employees, it should be done in a manner that is confidential and private. That, in our view, mitigates in favour of a requirement to sign members

Public Safety committee  I'll give you a couple of illustrations. We have what we tend to call strategic alliance relationships with other independent unions. They're not financial relationships in any way. For example there's ACTRA. ACTRA's a national union, with members all over the country. We have a

Public Safety committee  Before I answer the question, I'll respectfully disagree, if I could, on what the Supreme Court actually said in MPAO. Yes, they dealt primarily with issues of employee choice and the autonomy and independence of the bargaining agent, because that was the issue that was before th

Public Safety committee  I think the concern is that if your employer, whether it's a public sector employer or a private sector employer—i.e., the institution that puts food on the table for your family—indicates firmly to you that it has a preference as to how you're going to vote on the question of un

Public Safety committee  We had two other issues that we raised in our submission. Lesser issue one relates to limits to the grievance and arbitration process. The other relates to the concern about workers' compensation and the fact that under Bill C-7 RCMP officers may be subject to a sort of patchwork

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My name is Mark Rowlinson. I'm the assistant to the Canadian national director of the United Steelworkers. I've also been a practising labour lawyer for the union for about 20 years. The United Steelworkers is one of the largest industrial unions

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. That is exactly what we are saying. Indeed, when the legislation has an impact on foreign investment, the government and investors are not the only ones who need to be consulted; the community, workers and retirees also need to have the righ

Industry committee  Let me just offer the following. I don't disagree, actually, with my colleague from the CBA that clearly there needs to be a balance in the Investment Canada process between preserving, for example, the confidentiality of business information whilst at the same time providing tra