Human Resources committee  The advice that I would give in any dispute that comes before the board is this: How can we help you achieve agreement at the table? One thing I would say—and thank you for the comment about the board's reputation—is that I think that the board's reputation is due to its credibi

Human Resources committee  It will be challenging to meet the timelines.

Human Resources committee  Also, we'll see an increase in processing times.

Human Resources committee  For clarification, are you referring to the timeline of dealing with these cases?

Human Resources committee  My reading of the bill and the requirements in the bill for the board to deal with these matters in 90 days means that a lot of our resources, if not all, will be focused on these types of applications—replacement workers and maintenance of activities—because we are asked to deal

Human Resources committee  That would be a challenge, certainly, even with additional resources. When dealing with maintenance of activities, we do have to hear from the union and from the employer and consider the services being offered by the employer. We need to be fair to the parties. We need to ensu

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. It is our assessment that the workload will increase, yes.

Human Resources committee  It's very difficult to give an estimate of the actual workload that will result from Bill C-58. Maybe I can point to the chart for this. If you look at chart 3, which considers the number of matters related to maintenance of activities that are currently dealt with by the board

Human Resources committee  That's the other piece. In terms of replacement workers, we don't necessarily have an estimate of what that will look like.

Human Resources committee  We know there are between 25 and 30 disputes ongoing at any one time. Whether or not those units go on strike and whether replacement workers become an issue, it will result in applications.

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  It will be difficult for us to meet the timelines that are in the bill as proposed, yes.

Human Resources committee  I haven't seen or been informed of additional funding that was in this week's budget.

Human Resources committee  There have been ongoing discussions with the department to—

Human Resources committee  —identify the amount of money that would be required.