Human Resources committee  Thank you. To build on what the minister has said, she's absolutely right. That was part of the economic action plan; this Health Canada leads. The implementation takes effect when the legislation is passed and there's regulatory work to be done. We've been working very closely

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I often say to the minister that we're the good guys. We come into the workplace to ensure that health and safety is being adhered to. We take a graduated approach and a proactive approach. We use our knowledge of the industry, of what's dangerous, and we go out and w

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  That's it, yes.

Human Resources committee  Yes, and I would add that it's so important to underscore that second step, as you have highlighted, Madam McLeod, that the health and safety committee will have a greater and stronger role to play in ensuring the workplace is safe.

Human Resources committee  Yes, it's enshrined through the code, and it's yes throughout the entire refusal process.

Human Resources committee  Yes, ma'am.

Human Resources committee  Yes, ma'am.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Quite a few questions are embedded there. I'll try to answer as many as I can. I think the issue of danger is about clarifying, if I can go back to that. If you read the two definitions side by side, I think there is some rationale why 80% of it is not coming out as dangerous,

Human Resources committee  If I may add, we have a compliance continuum that we look at in terms of looking at our work, supplemented by business intelligence about which sectors, which industry, which companies may be problematic. I don't mean that they're necessarily bad employers, but they just don't kn

Human Resources committee  If I may add to it, you mentioned that the employer could decide it's not dangerous. With the change to the internal responsibility system, it's important to note that the health and safety committee, both the employer and the unions' employee representatives, will actually have

Human Resources committee  Let me add that this process adds the second step, which a lot of our provincial counterparts have, and it's an important step. We've seen that where there are strong employers with good employer-employee relationships, they do this. We've seen it actually work in the workplace t

Human Resources committee  Hazards in the workplace exist; that's just the nature of the workplace. What's important is looking at it as a continuum and seeing who best can address them. The employers have real responsibility to make sure the workplace is safe, and we're there with our officers and are ver