Health committee  The government has been in this hotel since March 2020, and workers went on strike on May 3—recently—because there were so many rounds of firings. That was in protest over the firings.

Health committee  We have made efforts to reach out to the Minister of Health multiple of times since last fall. We also made sure that they were aware of what was happening in May. We made sure that they were aware of the firings. We made sure that they were aware of the human rights complaint. W

Health committee  No response.

Health committee  For years, this hotel has provided good, family-supporting jobs, living-wage jobs. Kiran and Elisa have worked in this hotel for years. They are women who have worked in this hotel for 40 years and would go back tomorrow if they could. This is a very long-term group of workers,

Health committee  Right now, it's simply being used as a quarantine site.

Health committee  I think the government has put its money where its mouth is. We have talked a lot about having an inclusive feminist recovery. We think what's happening with the Pacific gateway is kind of exhibit A for what shouldn't be happening. As Elisa and Kiran mentioned earlier, most of

Health committee  Elisa, do you want to take that?

Health committee  We have no idea whether it did any sort of analysis on that. We reached out to the federal government months ago, and to the Minister of Health last fall, when we suspected that the hotel owner was going to use the federal quarantine as an opportunity to fire much of the staff.

Health committee  I'd say thousands of workers are impacted by.... Are you talking about in particular the Pacific Gateway Hotel?

Health committee  About 2,000, and that includes hotels that are being bargained by the same sort of entity.

Health committee  That's correct.

Health committee  Hello. I would like to thank the committee for inviting us here today. My name is Michelle Travis, and I'm the research director for UNITE HERE Local 40, the hospitality workers' union. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the hotel workers who were put out of work by the p

Industry committee  Yes, at this point, we don't really have any clarity on any of those questions. This is why I think it's so important to understand what kind of privacy protocols Canada expects in the course of a foreign takeover like that. I would raise another question. Under PIPEDA, there is

Industry committee  I would argue that it could be more rigorous, based on some of the deals that we've looked at. We would like to see more transparency around the different aspects that are being looked at when undertaking a net benefit review. What level of due diligence is taking place when look

Industry committee  I think it's one of the things where people want to have their information secure. They want to make sure—