Human Resources committee  As a private member's bill. When you were in power as a majority government—

Human Resources committee  No, we did not.

Human Resources committee  First off, this question wasn't planted, because I certainly don't have all the answers on those things.

Human Resources committee  I just feel it should be a level playing field. I do think that where the violence comes from, the people should be responsible. I think people should be responsible in terms of the environment. There are great words coming from both sides, but if the party is abrogating their re

Human Resources committee  Yes, we're in favour of that. Why not? It's supposed to be a democracy. Why would you not have secret ballots? Well, because people can then coerce you and give you a hard time. We've seen that.

Human Resources committee  This is what I'd like the committee to pursue. I know we're hearing anecdotal information. Even I am not in a position to.... I need more time. Please spend some time looking at the department's own review of work stoppages and replacement worker issues. I think Quebec has to m

Human Resources committee  What I'm reading is that you can keep the lights on, you can keep the equipment running, and you can keep it together, but you can't keep it going. I know that some big, big companies can keep going for quite a while without any production. With our firms, some of them can't keep

Human Resources committee  Thanks so much, Mr. Chair. I guess I'd like to respond and thank you for your comments. No one supports violence; we certainly don't. Everyone wants to do the right thing. Why can't you take the time to do it right? It's clear that we can misunderstand this bill. We were jus

Human Resources committee  I apologize. I shouldn't be saying “sneaking”, but that's how we feel. We have lots of people who would like to present, who are concerned about their business. If I'm speaking loudly, it's because we're passionate about this. The answer is, we always seem to be the meat in the

Human Resources committee  I do want to make the comment that it's always good when the CAW represents us. I feel very good about that. The point is that George knows the name of every employee. He knows their families. This is different. The small business working world is different from the working worl

Human Resources committee  Oh, yes.

Human Resources committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'd like to introduce my colleague, Corinne Pohlmann, who's our director of national affairs. She'll be helping with the questions and answers. I want to talk about George. George is a CFIB member who owns a small regional airline that services northern commu