Industry committee  I believe that they are, but I believe that the CERB is absolutely necessary—

Industry committee  There are protocols in place that need to be consistently applied, and we have to look at the fact that people are going home to their families from the bread-and-butter jobs in food processing and retail. They interlock so much. People are going home to food processors or retail

Industry committee  Yes. Thank you very much. From the health and safety point of view, early on in the process we forwarded to Minister Hajdu and Minister Tassi what needs to be done in both food processing and the retail food sector. They are good protocols, and I would say that union and non-uni

Industry committee  I think what's really important in that regard is looking at the second wave. We represent probably 90% of the people in the food and meat processing industry in Canada. We went through the situations at Cargill, JBS, Olymel in Quebec and a couple of Maple Leaf plants. I think t

Industry committee  I had a conversation with Loblaws with regard to ending the pandemic pay. They called to inform me that they were ending the pandemic pay. As I said, I was adamantly opposed to ending it.

Industry committee  Shortly before that, Mr. Erskine-Smith. I'm sorry, I don't have the exact date in front of me, but it would have been within a couple of days of their making the announcement.

Industry committee  I did not have any conversations with either Metro or Sobeys.

Industry committee  It was their head of human resources.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  Could I respond now, Madam Chair?

Industry committee  To the best of my ability, looking through my phone records here, it would have been June 8.

Industry committee  I will stand corrected if it's out by a day or two. I was trying to dig through my phone.

Industry committee  There's been talk for a long time in Canada about a living wage. I think that's a conversation that has to seriously, seriously get some legs. As well, a conversation on guaranteed minimum income needs some legs. Going back to my comment earlier, there has to be a full discussi

Industry committee  I would also suggest, though, that even the small retailers are buying groceries from a warehouse situation. They are perhaps getting advertising assistance as franchisees. There are very few completely independent grocery operators left in Canada. They are attached to a Loblaws,

Industry committee  Yes, it was communicated to the UFCW before it was made public. We had conversations with all three of these employers about how to implement it and how to get it done. The conversation—