Human Resources committee  When you say “invasive declarations”, be specific. What do you mean, the reporting requirements?

Human Resources committee  He asked me a question about invasive requirements. What are we referring to, just the reporting requirements?

Human Resources committee  Very invasive. It's digging into organizations or parts of organizations that are connected to unions, which also affect employers, which creates not only the reporting aspect but the costs associated with that. So yes, I'm opposed to that. Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  My position, on behalf of the employers I represent, is that we are opposed to Bill C-377. We were opposed from the time it was first brought forward. Our position has not changed.

Human Resources committee  If all trust funds, all training funds, and virtually every fund that would be connected to a union are subject to public exposure, our competition would clearly understand over time how those monies go into training and how we do business. In the construction industry, training

Human Resources committee  We are not really in a position to speak to it. Voluntary union dues, as far as we're concerned as employers.... We just go to the unions we work for and get the people we need to employ for our projects. How they run their business and how they do their affairs is their business

Human Resources committee  I don't take a position on that. We don't get involved. Most of our work falls within provincial jurisdictions, so it falls under the current provincial labour relations codes. This is under national or federal labour codes.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. My name is Tony Fanelli. I represent a number of organizations in the construction industry in Canada. I put down Industrial Contractors Association on the application form, but I also represent a broader organization called NCLRA, and I'll get into that. Would y

Human Resources committee  Fair enough. Okay. Who is the NCLRA? While people in our industry have a pretty good handle on the alphabet soup of organizations that we have, it's a bitter fact that beyond our immediate group, people know nothing about how we are organized and how we bargain. The NCLRA is th