Human Resources committee  I want to clarify my position. I never mentioned that these workers are not unionized or are treated differently. They are sometimes treated differently when there is no union in the workplace, but our main concern is not particularly the unionization or the wages. It's the threa

Human Resources committee  On the first question, on the rate of unionization or the numbers of workers who have been unionized, the number of workers has been increasing, but the density or the percentage has been decreasing. At this point in Canada, 32% of unionized workers are doing quite well in unioni

Human Resources committee  Okay. Of the 59% of people who make less than $30,000, 99% of them do not pay taxes because of their amount of money, and that is also affecting Canada and the ability of the Government of Canada to use government money properly in infrastructure, education, health care, and all

Human Resources committee  Sure. I want to distinguish the skills--

Human Resources committee  I want to distinguish between a skilled trades shortage and a skills shortage. There is a need for skilled trades workers.

Human Resources committee  There is a need for skilled trades workers. And there is a need for supporting apprenticeships in different ways--and you will see that in our submission--to allow workers to acquire the trade skills needed to work in the workplace. On the other side, a skills shortage is an edu

Human Resources committee  Some people would say that we are also politicians.

Human Resources committee  I have only two minutes? Oh, man!

Human Resources committee  The current government seems to agree with the idea that employers should do more on training.They say that in their budget.... I will be passing a submission to the committee later. The budget mentions that employers need to provide more training for their workers. We agree with

Human Resources committee  I thank you for the opportunity to appear in this committee on this study. I represent the steelworkers union. We have 280,000 members in Canada. These members work in a large variety of sectors of the economy including forestry, steel, mining, construction, trucking, post-seco

Industry committee  I don't know the number you mention about a million more cars produced in Canada. I'm happy if that is true. I can see very quickly two reasons that are important for the committee to think about. One, we have a well-developed and competitive industry in the auto sector that

Industry committee  I would like to add that the counterfeiting problem is important, but the real problem is the amount of manufactured goods that are coming into this country from China without a counter-balance--that is, manufactured goods going from this country to China. We believe that is wher

Industry committee  We think, again, the tax system is the proper mechanism to implement research and development and to guarantee implementation. We don't think there exists in Canada at this point a proper mechanism, even when there is a fund that is used once in a while, and I think last year $1.

Industry committee  As I mentioned earlier, and as Mr. Georgetti said, we believe in sectoral industry strategies and sectoral industry councils. We see the employers, the unions, and the federal and provincial governments working together in a strategy for that particular sector, which will allow t

Industry committee  I'm sorry, but that is the reality, as Lina said, that we deal with every day. I dealt with that in my past in that country. I'm dealing with that today. I have to go to workers where the plants are closing to tell them that the best they can do is to go and apply...if they have