International Trade committee  I wouldn't go so far as to talk about parity of certain auto rights, but on the other pieces you're absolutely right. We've been talking a lot about the auto rules as they relate to labour, talking a little about the Mexican annex that was negotiated to deal with the issues that

International Trade committee  I can make a few comments, and then Hector can fill in. I feel odd giving you this answer with Hector listening in. I don't know that anybody is holding their breath. In my remarks, I referred to the language of the text of the agreement as being somehow like the magic wand that

International Trade committee  I agree with Hector. We've been consistent in understanding what that $16 provision will be. I also want to clarify, so folks aren't left with a misunderstanding. Despite the fact that it signifies in the text of the agreement that this is a minimum wage of $16 U.S. per hour, t

International Trade committee  I think I answered the second part of your question. Again, there's no tracking mechanism that I'm aware of. As the regulations come out, these are questions that need to be asked as those are drafted. In terms of Mr. Kingston's comments, I do agree that there's a lot more to th

International Trade committee  Thanks for that question. It's an excellent question. I'll tell you that one piece of this is that the 40% applies to light cars. The 45% of this new labour value content applies to trucks. There are two different conditions. Mechanisms in the current language of the agreement a

International Trade committee  Please, I'll explain. When we were first invited, we also asked if Hector could join us and split our time. That's what we've decided to do. We'll do five minutes and five minutes, and that will make up Unifor's time. I only learned about the extra 10 minutes today, so it was too