Natural Resources committee  I just have one comment that this section is not a change; this currently exists within the code. This is not any proposed change. That language exists within the Canada Labour Code currently with regard to powers, duties, or functions that shall not be subject of an agreement entered into under subsection 140(2).

Natural Resources committee  The only change being made is to change the wording from civil, to “civil or administrative proceedings”.

Natural Resources committee  The changes are to provide coordination with the changes that came about under Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2. Specifically, those amendments removed the reference to health and safety officers and replaced them with the term “delegated” officials, so the changes proposed here under the Canada Labour Code are making that same sort of coordinating amendments.

Natural Resources committee  I don't have specific examples of those. I would have to get back to you with those specific examples.

Natural Resources committee  That would make sense, because those immunities would have applied previously.

Natural Resources committee  I can't speak to the consultation process with respect to Bill C-5. My colleagues would have to speak to that. With regard to the changes that are included from the consequential amendments to the Canada Labour Code, in this act they touch on the issues of information sharing.

Natural Resources committee  My understanding is this is with regard to Bill C-5, not Bill C-4.

Natural Resources committee  Bill C-5 speaks to provisions under the proposed amendments under the Canada Labour Code. This is with respect to the offshore accord act, which is a separate piece of legislation.

Finance committee  Yes I do. I think the information provided is looking at all the labour affairs officers in the labour program that enforce both part II, which is health and safety, and part III, which is labour standards. It's the collective workforce that enforces part II and part III of the Canada Labour Code.

Finance committee  No, there has not.

Finance committee  I guess I'll take that one on too. In fact, what we're doing is clarifying the definition of danger. Throughout all the other occupational health and safety jurisdictions across the country, there is no definition of danger. What we've provided is a clearer definition that removes some of the ambiguities in the previous definition.

Finance committee  Yes. I'm Brenda Baxter, the director general of Workplace. In fact, I was one of the officials appearing at the committee. On the question of the link between refusals to work and directions issued by our officers, to start with, we had provided information on the number of refusal-to-work situations resulting in a situation of danger or no danger, and we stressed that in the proposed amendments, the protections provided to workers are not changing.