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Human Resources committee  That is a great question. I think the sky is the limit. The White House executive order, for instance, explores the idea of requiring AI systems developers to share their data and the results of their testing and their impact assessments with government and with regulators. I thi

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  That's a terrific question. I think in all instances, unions would welcome a managed introduction of new technologies like AI. I think some of the explosions or confrontations that we see are often in reaction to the threat of not instantaneous but sudden introductions, in a very

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  Yes, I would agree, and I think the problem you're pointing to is very important. I do think that collective agreements can sometimes set the pace for public policy and statutory innovations that affect all workers. Expanding access to unions is critically important, for workers

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  The labour movement, for a long time, has championed the notion of just transition to a sustainable economy, with the idea being that workers have to see their own future in the new economy, otherwise they won't support moving to a net-zero arrangement. The idea was that workers

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  Bill C-50 and the sustainable jobs framework contemplate a partnership council that will bring workers, industry and other interests together to address the skills and labour market programming needs to make that transition. We can similarly fashion institutions that bring worke

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  I had hoped to address this in my introductory remarks, but I didn't have time. I think you're absolutely right that for workers with physical challenges, for instance, AI applications have enormous potential to increase their participation. I think the surrounding investments

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  The technology is not determinative. It's the conditions and the social structures that matter. That's why I don't agree that productivity is determinative in the short run. In the long run, it may shape and determine prosperity, but if productivity advances from AI flow entire

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Human Resources committee  Greetings, Chair and committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to appear here today. I want to begin by commending the committee for initiating this very important study. The impact of AI on work and employment is increasingly the focus of the attention of unions in Cana

November 1st, 2023Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  I think that the comparative context for understanding the deficiencies in Canada's model is vitally important, because when one looks at the rich countries in the OECD zone, one finds that for most countries that have universal health insurance, they also have a universal drug i

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  Absolutely. Certainly, technological change and automation are not restricted to a single industry or sector. They're increasingly transforming work in occupations across a whole range of different sectors and industries. I would say there are very many unions, private sector but

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  Yes, I think it's a very important social policy innovation, absolutely.

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  I think it ranks very high. Although many of our members have workplace drug coverage plans, many of those plans are under pressure, as you know, from high drug costs, and employers not wanting to offer them to retired employees, constantly restricting the availability of drugs u

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  That's certainly the position of the CLC and many unions, that this was a missed opportunity. Even if the government had been unwilling to grant straight-out superpriority status for the pension deficit claim, there are many ways in which the government could have entertained an

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  The relatively modest amendments in Bill C-97 with respect to the CCAA and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act would have had little impact in the case of Sears. The problem in the Sears Canada fiasco was that despite the pension plan having a funding deficit since 2007, the dire

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Chair, and good morning, committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. The Canadian Labour Congress is Canada's largest central labour body advocating on behalf of three million workers across Canada. In the brief time I have, I will foc

May 7th, 2019Committee meeting

Chris Roberts