The partnership committee administers the participation model (see II ii) and makes proposals for changes to the profit distribution key between labour and capital and among the employees (e.g. distribution according to performance, evaluating work according to age, department, family situation). In certain circumstances it proposes instead of profit-sharing a share in performance, productivity or turnover (in this connection see the ‘gainsharing’ concept and model on page 6 of the Commission communication).

I speak of the tens of millions of Canadians who have joined Red Cross water safety or first aid courses; of the millions of Canadians who called on Red Cross homemaker, veterans, sick room equipment and home assistance programs.

The recommendations cover a broad array of topics, all of which will be familiar to committee members. These include: consultations and dialogue with indigenous people and civil society; implementation of international obligations; Canada's position with respect to the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; the ratification of a whole number of international treaties; numerous concerns with respect to the rights of indigenous peoples, including alarming rates of discrimination and violence against indigenous women, and need for significant improvements in protecting land and resource rights; a range of concerns related ...[+++]to poverty, including calls to develop poverty reduction strategies and to deal with homelessness and inadequate housing; women's rights concerns including domestic violence, trafficking and the treatment of women prisoners; issues related to immigrants and refugees, such as concerns about the domestic live-in caregiver program; unequal labour rights for some migrant workers; a variety of justice issues including detention facilities for juveniles; the use of taser guns; Canada's clemency policy in death penalty cases; anti-terrorism issues, such as fair trial concerns and immigration security cases and failure to fully live up to the absolute ban on deporting individuals to torture; and a variety of other topics, including persons living with disabilities, the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals; and, issues related to hate crimes.