Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. Thanks very much. We're actually going through that today at one of our auto plants in Ingersoll, Ontario. The General Motors CAMI plant is shutting down. The last of the internal combustion engine vehicles that are being built are just coming off the assembly line.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. My name is Sari Sairanen. I'm pleased, on behalf of Unifor and our 315,000 members across Canada to have this opportunity to provide our input into the just transition discussions. We also want to recognize the tremendous work of the just transition for Can

Human Resources committee  For anyone to refuse work, it is a “reasonable cause to believe”. That's what it is. It's for me to believe, not for me to come to you with a litany of facts of what could potentially happen. It's me who reasonably believes what's going to happen.

Human Resources committee  No, it does not change that. However, what happens—

Human Resources committee  We certainly don't believe that these changes will be an enhancement to worker health and safety in the workplace. Looking at the changes in the definition of danger, we've certainly heard that it is being streamlined and modified. The definition we have today is working, despite

Human Resources committee  Certainly with the exposures to a number of different substances in the workplace, the definition that is being proposed will, in our opinion, be limiting that. If you have a worker such as a mason who has dust exposure, it may be that the employer will believe that it is not dan

Human Resources committee  That certainly places workers in very vulnerable situations. People rely on their work to be safe and healthy. If you are limiting their last resort of ensuring that they go home at the end of the day to their families and that they are able to continue being employed in a health

Human Resources committee  As we've stated before, if this bill is not creating any changes in a workplace, why are we having these discussions?

Human Resources committee  I have certainly not used the word “catastrophic”. Those are your words. However, we do oppose the changes to the health and safety provisions contained in Bill C-4.

Human Resources committee  As I maintained in my presentation, health and safety officers are neutral and they are trained. They are the experts on resolving issues in the workplace. To call a health and safety officer into the workplace, the parties have really reached the end of a resolution process in t

Human Resources committee  As our world of work is continuously evolving, so are the exposures to new chemicals that are entering our workplaces. Nanotechnology is a great example; it is entering our workplaces. If you don't have a broad definition, as we currently have, how would the workplace parties be

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Human Resources committee  What was the question?

Human Resources committee  Well, I don't know how union representation...not all workplaces are organized, so this would apply to workplaces that are unorganized as well. The principle, certainly, of joint health and safety committees is the participation of all workplace parties to ensure health and saf

Human Resources committee  I didn't understand the question. Can you repeat it?