Natural Resources committee  Yes, and we did reach out to make sure we were part of that, but there was a lot of red tape I had to go through just to get assigned. You have to go in and apply for an appointment and I did that. I haven't heard anything back yet, but it is in the process and we'll see what hap

Natural Resources committee  It's okay because if we get on here the third time, you'll take that and give me all the time. No worries

Natural Resources committee  To add to Ms. Johnson's remarks, the C-NLOPB has been doing a great job from the standpoint of protecting the offshore workers, yes, and following the regulations and ensuring that the operators are following them as well. As you can see from when Suncor was shut down, they went

Natural Resources committee  I think there have to be permanent regulations put in place so that we can make amendments to them, going forward. Why should we have temporary regulations in place and never have them put...? This is taking too long. I certainly believe that having permanent regulations in place

Natural Resources committee  I wouldn't say that we hit the mains. When the draft of the occupational health and safety regulations came out, we were able to make comments on it. It was due at the end of March, I believe. We made lots of comments and there were lots of ideas put forward. I'll give you one ex

Natural Resources committee  Basically, when you go offshore, you go for 21 days; then you're home for 21 days.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. You were doing a wonderful job on it. You can keep going if you like. Yes, so to add to Charlene's points, I remember starting in Hibernia back in 1997 and I remember the OIM at the time having a meeting with us and saying that in 20 years' time, this facility would

Natural Resources committee  Yes. All I'll say is that we were told a long time ago that this would be pretty easy to do and to get done, but it keeps getting pushed ahead and pushed ahead and pushed ahead. When they started it back in February and tried to put something together, everybody who was involved

Natural Resources committee  If I may, I will just jump in here and mirror the image that Charlene was talking about. Yes, the C-NLOPB is in full force there and it is the regulator, but speaking on the members side of it, I can say that it's confusing for them. We had to have meetings with them offshore and

Natural Resources committee  I am. I also want to see the government provide companies with financial and logistical support to conduct this critical work, which would keep some of our members employed and put the industry right back on its footing for a restart. The fact of the matter is that the question

Natural Resources committee  Thank you and good afternoon, honourable members of the Standing Committee. My name is Dave Mercer. I'm president of Unifor local 2121 and a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador oil and gas industry recovery task force. On behalf of Unifor members in the energy sector, I wou

Natural Resources committee  Okay. We therefore agree with Senator David Wells that to allow the transitional regulations to lapse at the end of 2020 has been a dereliction of duty by the current federal government, which has had six years to develop and implement permanent regulations. This is particularly