Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Hiebert. I'd just like to give you a very concrete example. Cellphones are an everyday reality. More than 18 million Canadians have cellphones. We have survey information with two vital statistics. Every year, there are more than 6 million calls m

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I don't want to be an apostle of doom, but a lot depends on the duration and the severity of the labour disruption. If you're thinking of police officers, fire officers, ambulance personnel, medical personnel, they are using their wireless devices, w

Human Resources committee  If I correctly understand the distinction you're drawing between the apprehended situation and the actual situation, it's a bit difficult to answer because we're in a hypothetical situation. We have a bill that hasn't yet been passed. We don't actually know what its impact will b

Human Resources committee  Mr. Savage, I can't speak for one of my members. I don't have the knowledge of their relationships with the union, so unfortunately I can't help you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Brown. Certainly I share your concerns, and I think you pointed out the importance of any details in getting into substantive discussion of the issues. As I pointed out earlier, the essential services provisions in the Quebec legislation are some 20 pages long, s

Human Resources committee  The source is Human Resources and Social Development Canada, the Government of Canada department. It's the section that deals with labour issues within the department.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Martin, just before you came in I was mentioning in my opening remarks that we filed today a copy of a study by Human Resources and Social Development Canada dealing with the impact of replacement workers, or their key observations. Let me just quo

Human Resources committee  I'd be pleased to provide you with an opinion.

Human Resources committee  That's really our major concern. Just to give you a sense of how complex and significant we believe the essential services issue is, the Quebec labour legislation contains some 25 pages on essential services. It's not a simple one-liner that fixes everything. So I think essential

Human Resources committee  The percentage is similar, Mr. Silva. It's a majority and it's close to 60%.

Human Resources committee  I can't comment on the matters between one of my members and the union. I'm not here to represent Telus. I think our big focus is essential services and the lack of protection of essential services that's contained in this bill. Certainly as replacement workers, or lack thereof,

Human Resources committee  Really it's the absence in this bill of protection of essential services that we're concerned about.

Human Resources committee  But our understanding of the effect of this bill is that Bill C-257 would mean that essential services would no longer be protected. The prohibitions contained in Bill C-257 would invalidate or impair the ability to provide those services.

Human Resources committee  Presumably we can get one. I can--

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. My name is Peter Barnes, and I'm president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. I too am pleased and indeed honoured to be here today to share our concerns about Bill C-257. You shou