International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the question. I think it's going to harm our members a little more than benefit them. As Mr. Richardson had alluded to, there may be more jobs, but my worry is that on that level playing field, if you will, in order to make products and things sustainable

International Trade committee  The short answer for that, I guess, is that I can give you some specifics. As most people know, especially in the northern part of this province, a lot of people live well below the poverty range. Actually the same can be said.... As a member here knows, Saint John has some of

International Trade committee  I personally haven't, but I know some of my colleagues were part of those discussions.

International Trade committee  Those dialogues have been happening for years with the former CAW, of course, and now with Unifor. They're actually taking the lead when it comes to the automotive industry, in training the workers and having those dialogues with government.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Chair. On behalf of the 40,000 members of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, we want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to present our views on the impact on Canada of the possible Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. I want to begin by expressing my sin

Official Languages committee  Sorry, sir, but it is not the unconventional fracking that will be done in New Brunswick. It is conventional fracking. It has been proven safe—largely.

Official Languages committee  No. I agree with you—

Official Languages committee  I do agree with you, and this may not happen too often. But I will agree with you that, you know, it.... Also, DDT was safe, and asbestos was safe, and we now know that.... So why, without knowing it's safe, would we risk that and put future generations at risk? But the other i

Official Languages committee  The beautiful thing about this—it goes back to what you're saying—is that every group or every government always says they have the best regulations. Whoever comes along afterwards says they always have the best, so—

Official Languages committee  —I'm wondering if we have the best regulations for it as we go forward.

Official Languages committee  That's not a problem. We've called for a moratorium largely because of not enough health regulations and not knowing the health implications of unconventional fracking. One may and will make the argument that fracking has been done for a century, and yes, it has. This unconventi

Official Languages committee  Personally, from the New Brunswick Federation of Labour's point of view, we sit on numerous committees and coalitions helping to build the province and trying to come up with solutions. These coalitions or groups, if you will, committees, are made up of educational institutions,

Official Languages committee  I believe that was true at one time. As I've had someone tell me who used to work in the logging industry, you didn't need grade 12 to go into the woods and cut a cord of pulp and sell. But these days, with technology coming in, you do need grade 12 and beyond to run a harvester

Official Languages committee  It's 21% in the north.

Official Languages committee  I think we have the critical mass by all means, but I don't think that it's happening. That being said, take a mechanic, for example. To be a mechanic today takes a higher level of skill in computer knowledge and technological knowledge than maybe 30 years ago. So, yes, I think