International Trade committee  I really don't have a comment on that.

International Trade committee  First of all, I think this committee knows the position of the Canadian Labour Congress when it comes to this trade deal. There's no difference between our position and their position.

International Trade committee  Yes, by the CLC; as a matter of fact, we debated it last week at the CLC convention, which happens every three years. The resolution was passed in support of trying to lobby the Canadian government not to enter into this agreement for the reasons that we've enunciated. With rega

International Trade committee  I can say, from the United Steelworkers point of view, that in a country where trade unionists are being murdered and people tend to know who's committing these atrocities, and nobody is held accountable for them, it clearly falls on the shoulders of the government to do somethin

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, members of the committee, for this opportunity to appear before you. The Steelworkers Union is an international union with members both in the United States and Canada. We have about 800,000 members in North America and over 200,000 of them are

International Trade committee  Well, actually, we communicate to members by listening to their concerns. Their concerns are about the future. You talk about stability and communicating stability. Well, we talk about that all the time. We want the communities in which our members work and live to remain active,

International Trade committee  I don't have any specific numbers. I can tell you that the raw log export problem is primarily a western Canadian problem. It's situated mostly in the province of British Columbia. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs over the last few years because the federal and the provi

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'll do my best. On behalf of the steelworkers, I want to thank you for this opportunity to appear before this committee. The United Steelworkers is the largest industrial union in North America and the largest private sector union in Canada.