Industry committee  Our recommendations for now are all about taking a look at what the administrative penalties are and assessing what might be a better way. Could it be something like a percentage of revenue instead of a straight $10-million penalty, which for a large corporation is simply the cos

Industry committee  I'll just reiterate that we need as many tools in the tool box as possible to make sure that these types of mergers and acquisitions don't negatively affect the labour market. Collective bargaining is one extremely important tool, and the use of the Competition Act in order to ma

Industry committee  Yes. In general, what happens is that as long as a company can prove it will experience more savings or additional profit than the equal or value of the damage that would be done to the Canadian economy through that anti-competitive behaviour, then automatically the merger is app

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely, and it happens in other areas as well. We're currently researching the Shaw and Rogers merger, looking at what monopsony power might be occurring in that industry, how we might be able to countervail that with the tools we have, and why we would not increase the

Industry committee  My understanding of what happens in the U.S. is that they are 100% able to investigate the effects of mergers, acquisitions and other anti-competitive behaviour on the labour market. They consider things like wage fixing to be anti-competitive behaviour, which means workers are p

Industry committee  What I have done in my research is read what the most recent statement was by the Competition Bureau. Because of that change, they were unable to investigate the accusations of collusion. Exactly what the rationale was back in 2009, I'm not aware of. I'm aware of the results of t

Industry committee  Good morning, and thank you. My name is Kaylie Tiessen. I'm an economist and policy analyst. I work in the research department at Unifor. Unifor represents 315,000 members across the country, including thousands who have been affected by decisions made by the Competition Bureau,

Industry committee  Yes, absolutely. We have training programs connected with the shipbuilding sector specifically and other trade groups to get women in trades and indigenous people in trades. It's to make workplaces more welcoming for people who have been traditionally excluded because they have f

Industry committee  I can take that question. Jerry must have been kicked out. Our members pay dues to the union. The union fights for all sorts of things, including better training. In the aerospace sector, we're always talking about improved and increased training for the sector so that we're inv

Industry committee  I think Jerry had to step out, but I can answer that.

Industry committee  I'm Kaylie Tiessen. I work in the research department at Unifor, supporting the sector. We have been vocal on this issue for nearly a year now, including talking about the need for any support to flow to workers. It has to be focused on healthy social outcomes that ensure good j

Industry committee  We've put on the table the need to make sure benefits—exactly your wording—flow to workers in terms of keeping wages, benefits, working conditions, limit executive bonuses, and make sure that workers are gaining back what they've lost before there's this explosion in shareholder

Finance committee  That's another very big question. We do have folks who are experts on the energy industry and the specific policies of this government and previous governments. What I will say is that the prize for us is that people have good jobs, and those good jobs come in many different for

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. I'll read right from our brief. Under the heading “Rebuild Canada's Fiscal Capacity”, it reads: Enhance Canada’s fiscal capacity through a number of tax changes including implementing a wealth tax, close tax loopholes, clamp down on tax havens and amend the Inc

Finance committee  We have many asks, but two asks are for these two industries that are related to air transportation, the air transportation sector and the aerospace sector. In the air transportation sector, we're looking for a targeted air transportation recovery plan and a long-term plan that