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Human Resources committee  That is a difficult question because there is a lot in the bill that we do support, but there are a lot of things that are missing from the bill that will make it more difficult for the people the bill is intended to help. In our written submission we give examples. I know that P

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  May I just say that the current Ontario legislation has a pretty good definition, and there is a definition in part of the Canada Labour Code already. We need to make sure that is infused into this piece of legislation. There are areas in the country that already have pretty good

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  I would just add that I wholeheartedly agree. In terms of resources, there will be training required, extra training, around human rights issues for folks who are part of these joint committees, but as Patricia has already said, the Canadian Human Rights Commission already has pe

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  It is very much at the forefront internationally. We will be discussing it in June. We are in the process of trying to get an ILO convention on gender-based violence. That's as much as I can tell you right now. The first discussion happens in June. We've participated in an expe

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  Yes, that is correct.

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  My understanding is that this bill doesn't necessarily change a lot of things. The only thing it changes is that they don't have the ability to go to the joint committee that has been appointed or elected to deal with those particular situations. You may very well be correct in

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  There are safeguards in the existing legislation that allows them to go to their joint health and safety committees to be able to do that, so they don't have to go directly to their employer, particularly if the employer is the one who's been doing the harassing, discriminating,

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  First of all, it's a joint committee, so we just want the role of the joint committee as it is now to remain. To take them out of the process, we think, will be more hazardous to the complainant.

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  I think joint committees are best situated to handle it. It is not a union versus employer situation. We have joint committees in place right now—

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  —and we need to have both there to be able to do it.

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  Sorry, I don't have the actual definition on me. It's in here somewhere but I can definitely get a definition to you. Can you repeat the first part of the question?

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  If it's right there in the legislation, there is no mistaking what exactly is meant by sexual harassment, by harassment, or by discrimination. It's right there so nobody can have any other ideas as to what it actually means and what it entails.

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  Workers trust their unions. They trust the people who they have elected or who have been appointed on their behalf to look at health and safety issues. If that whole committee is taken out and if the person they trust is taken out of that equation, then who do they turn to, parti

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Chair. On behalf of the over three million members of the Canadian Labour Congress, we thank you for affording us the opportunity to present our views on this bill. The Canadian Labour Congress brings together Canada's national and international unions, al

February 22nd, 2018Committee meeting

Marie Clarke-Walker