Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, they changed the name and they said that they would put together a bit more money. As I said in my testimony, if you have an ineffective office, just adding more money still makes it an ineffective office, and that's exactly what's happened. Our union has been working on th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Doug would probably be more on top of that. Doug.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As I said in my testimony, I was in Ottawa on January 18, 2018. There was a group of us assembled for a celebration because the minister was making an announcement with respect to the ombudsperson which basically was going to enhance in the legislation the powers that we're talki

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much for that question. Bangladesh is very close and dear. Doug Olthuis, who is with us here tonight, is the executive director of our humanity fund that was involved in the investigation. I personally travelled to Bangladesh. I was there for the one-year annivers

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for that question. I think, as I said in my testimony, it's not a matter of money; it's a matter of power. You still have an ineffective office, and if you just give it more money and don't give it the power, nothing really changes. You hit the nail on the head that i

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Doug, do you want to take that?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Maybe I'll turn that over to Doug, who has been working with some of that. Doug, maybe you want to take that one.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  My last point is that the Canadian industry would do well to embrace it as a cornerstone of a global pitch. My final sentence is that the Canadian industry would be fully committed to human rights and the Canadian government would have in place an effective office that will hold

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm sorry. I missed the last part. What can Canadian companies do...?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, I think they should rely on the government. Basically, if you bring in strong CORE standards, as was initially contemplated in 2018 when Minister Champagne made that announcement, I think that is the deterrent, and companies will live up to their standards. More recently,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, that's correct. Thank you very much, Peter.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, it's good to see you. Thanks for having me. My name is Ken Neumann. I'm the Canadian national director for the United Steelworkers. I'm accompanied today by Doug Olthuis, who is the department leader for global affairs in my office. I would like to bring this committee bac

International Trade committee  I'll pass that to my assistant, Mark Rowlinson. He's familiar with that.

International Trade committee  Mark and I fully agree. The fact is that, listening to the discussion and listening to the testimony—as I said at the beginning, our union represents members in trade-exposed sectors and across the regions, be it in softwood, aluminum or steel—I have to tell you that I don't have

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. The United Steelworkers thanks CIIT for the invitation to participate in the committee's study of the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian international trade relationships, with a focus on the United States and the United Kingdom.