11.1 An employer shall pay an employee who reports for work at the call of the employer wages for not less than three hours of work at the employee’s regular rate of wages, whether or not the employee is called on to perform any work after so reporting for work.

People are being forced to work in so-called free zones, for terrible wages and terrible hours, for an unbelievable number of days and in unbelievable conditions.

It was determined that they were not technically, according to Transport, flight crew and therefore are treated differently by HRDC and specifically the EI program. They are paid by their flight hours only, but it is recognized in calculating that pay that they have to put a lot more hours in to earn that pay for their flight time.

That immediately thereafter there shall be no proceedings pursuant to Standing Order 38, but a motion to adjourn shall be deemed to have been proposed and shall be debated for no more than three hours, during which time Members may speak on economic affairs for no more than ten minutes each, provided that no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for consent to propose any other motion may be received and provided that, at the end of three hours or when no Member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, the motion shall be deemed to have been adopted.