International Trade committee  First of all, for the steel industry, if you look at the submission we've done, you'll see that currently we have 22,000 steelworkers working directly in the industry, and the industry affects in excess of 100,000. You can go back to the late seventies and the early eighties when

International Trade committee  I think it would help greatly. The fact is that if you look around the world, at the United States, at Australia, at the U.K., the unions there do have access to that procedure. That's exactly what I outlined in my short presentation today, that we want to have that same right. W

International Trade committee  I can start. I think it would be a disaster to give China the market economy status. Just as my colleague here said he's travelled to China, so have I. I have visited the steel mills there. I've been to Baosteel. Baosteel at one facility makes more steel than all the operations i

International Trade committee  Those are the kinds of things we're involved in. So the Buy America, I always argued with.... I sent a letter to the Prime Minister, saying we should also be looking, in Canada, at “buy Canadian”. That's something that makes a lot of sense. We're very much involved in that, from

International Trade committee  Our submission deals with the issue of the carbon footprint, and I think Joe raised in his submission that it's very significant in regard to steel coming from China versus the steel we produce here in Canada. As a young adult, I worked in the steel industry, and I know that it

International Trade committee  I think, Joe, you want to....

International Trade committee  The fact is that we're asking for something we currently don't have. You take our counterparts in the U.S., Australia, Europe. In Australia, the unions there have the ability to file complaints on behalf of their members. That's really what we're asking for, to be on that same le

International Trade committee  That's right, and then as far as the softwood lumber, that's a hot file we're dealing with. I can talk at length with regard to—

International Trade committee  That's right. It's going to be disastrous for Canada. We've lost 50-some mills since the last trade agreement. You have employers on both sides and that's one of the big issues that's coming up within the year.

International Trade committee  With the Buy America, what's coming out now is the fact that they've had the procurement they have now for many years. That's on a tax-funded basis. The fact is that our union is on the other side fighting to make sure we have exemptions. It's nothing new to us. The steelworker

International Trade committee  Good afternoon. I want to thank the committee for inviting the United Steelworkers to appear before you to discuss this very important critical industry. I'm Ken Neumann, the national director for the United Steelworkers in Canada. With me is Shaker Jamal from our national resea

Natural Resources committee  Thanks for that question. As I said in my testimony, at one time we used to have MITAC, which was a training advisory committee in which government unions, workers, and communities were part and parcel, no different than at CSTEC. It was very successful. Unfortunately, the prev

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question, sir. I can assure you that on behalf of our members in Canada, we will work very diligently to promote the aluminum that's produced by many of our brothers and sisters in Quebec. Getting to your initial comment with respect to a tariff th

Natural Resources committee  Our union is supportive of mining. As I said in my testimony, we represent over 24,000 workers across the country. As I also said, because of exploration not every mine meets the test, and I laid out some of those things that are required with respect to aboriginal involvement, s

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I can.