It's now time for oral questions. I recognize the Leader of the Opposition. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, my question is for the Acting Premier. Scrapping the updated sexual health curriculum puts students at risk. And I think, I hope, most members of the Cabinet would agree. We have heard for two days where Ford Nation stands on the issue. So with the First Ministers meeting in New Brunswick and the Deputy Premier answering questions today, I want to ask the Deputy Premier where her and the other women in Cabinet stand. Is it with the young people that need the information about consent, bullying, gender and sexuality? Or is it with the radical extremist social conservatives that the Premier seems to be beholden to? The Deputy Premier. Thank you to the Leader of the Official Opposition for her question. What we stand for is a curriculum that is going to be full and thorough and represents the wishes of the parents, listening to parents, listening to students, representing what they need. We want to make sure that parents are consulted. We were very clear about that during the election campaign. We heard from many parents, as you probably did as well, about their concerns about the age appropriateness of some of the things that they were learning. We want to make sure that we have a full, complete and appropriate sex education curriculum for all the students in this province. Supplementary. Look, we all get it. The Premier cut a deal with radical extremists like Tanya, Graddick, Allen and Charles McVeedy and he chose to do what social conservatives told him to do instead of standing up for students. Government side will come to order. I have to be able to hear the Leader of the Opposition. Leader of the Opposition, I apologize for the interruption. He chose to do what social conservatives told him to do instead of standing up for students. And I'm pretty sure that there are members of that Cabinet who are having a tough time looking in the mirror these days because they know that the outdated 1998 curriculum puts students at risk. So, with the Deputy Premier answering questions today, let's just get real. Is she seriously comfortable with taking consent, gender identity and LGBTQ families out of our classrooms in September? Thank you, Premier. What I'm going to work with right now is the 2014 sex education curriculum. We are going to be dealing with all of the issues that the Leader of the Official Opposition has mentioned, but what we are going to do and who the Premier has listened to and all of the members of our caucus have listened to is parents. And during the last talk to a survey by only 1,638 responses were received, which is 0.001% of the elementary school population's parents. So, we are going to listen to the parents and we are going to develop a curriculum based on what we hear from them. That will be modern and affecting and dealing with all of the issues that the Leader of the Official Opposition is speaking about. She may not like to hear that, but that is what we're going to do. Final supplementary. Ranging Ontario backwards by putting the 1998 curriculum back in our schools will only put Ontario's children at risk and I am floored by the response of the Deputy Premier. It denies kids the information that they need to stay safe from cyberbullying and to make sure that every queer young person is safe. In the past, the Deputy Premier, the Attorney General and the Minister of Children have all said that they support keeping kids safe. And now they actually have a chance to prove it. What will it take for the Deputy Premier to defend what she says she believes in and tell the Premier he's wrong to drag students back to 1998? Not 2014, 1998. Deputy Premier. The information of the Leader of the Official Opposition we are using the curriculum from 2014. Consultations are already underway for the process that we will use going forward, starting in the fall, listening to parents, listening to all of the issues that they want to talk about, making sure that we get it right this time. We heard very clearly from parents. We did not have, by the previous government, by the previous Liberal government, we are going to take the time and we are going to get it right. Next question. Leader of the Opposition. Deputy Premier or the Acting Premier. I have to say it's worrisome though because while they take their time to get it right, kids will be bullied. They'll be cyberbullied. Kids will be at risk. And LGBTQ youth will not get the supports and respect and dignity that they deserve like every other child deserves. My question is on a different topic and it's about the fact that Ontario employs hundreds of nonpartisan auditors and we have an entire office of the Auditor General that reports to MPPs. But instead of asking the Auditor General to look at government spending and accounting practices, the Premier is giving the job to his own hand-picked insiders. Why is this government sidestepping the Auditor General and putting another politician on the payroll? First of all, let me assure the leader of the Official Opposition that we do support the work of the Auditor General. We do listen to what she's tried to denigrate her and make her appear incompetent. We think she is thoroughly competent. She knows what she's doing, but she does not have the responsibility to do the line-by-line analysis that we promised the people of Ontario that we would cause to have happened and the Commission of Inquiry that we have brought forward is home by very, very accomplished people. We were able to get them to come and do this work for a very reasonable cost. We have no concern about the work that they're going to do. They are recognized professionals that anyone in Ontario would agree are well provided to do this analysis. $50,000 for a month of work is a pretty darn sweet deal that most Ontarians will never, ever be able to get, speaker. That's exactly what Gordon Campbell is going to get, however. But his only qualification for the job is that he ran as a liberal and then cut like a conservative. As Premier of BC, he cut social services. He fired public workers. He sold off and privatized assets like ferries and BC rails entire operation. In fact, that privatization led to railgate after police uncovered a backroom deal that cost British Columbians hundreds of millions of dollars. Why is this government ignoring the Auditor General and hiring a politician famous for cutting and privatizing public services? Thank you, Premier. Well, once again, we support the work that is being done by the Auditor General. We believe that she's doing a fantastic job, but she needs some help because of the mess that was left behind by the previous Liberal government. We cannot rely on the numbers that they have given us. We need to know where the bottom is. We're not there yet, sadly. We need to know where the bottom is so that we can start building and going forward. The three people who are going to be leading the inquiry are very accomplished individuals. Former British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell is very accomplished in dealing with issues like this. Dr. Al Rosen is recognized as a qualified expert as they have volunteered. They've come forward to do this work. It isn't a very short time frame because we need to get moving and fixing the books of this province. We are very proud. Inquiry and this audit are not about looking at the books. They're not serious accounting exercises. This is all about finding excuses for the Premier to cut and privatize in health care, in education and across our public services. Why else would the Conservatives trust the disgraced former Premier of British Columbia more than they trust Ontario's own Auditor General? We shouldn't be disparaging the people who are doing this work. They are experts from Ontario's Auditor General from this morning. The Office of the Auditor General appreciates the government's intent as part of the Financial Commission of Inquiry to address the accounting practices we have previously expressed concerns about. Our office will work cooperatively with the Commission. I wish to inform the House we're about ten minutes into question period and there have been repeated standing ovations and I would remind those members who are engaging in that that there are people on the list who would like to ask a question today and they're not going to get their chance to read this persists. Member for London West. Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education. This week, Ontarians have seen chaos and confusion coming from this government about sex education. First, they announced the repeal of the modernized curriculum dragging Ontario backwards to 1998 and putting the health and safety of young people at risk. They pretend that there is a curriculum when there is only 1998 or 2015. They claim there will be ample space to address critical social issues and that teachers will have flexibility to raise these topics. Speaker, school boards, teachers and parents need to know exactly what students will be learning in September. It shouldn't rely on individual teachers. Can the Minister explain how gender identity, LGBTQ families, consent and cyberbullying will be taught in our schools when the 1998 curriculum is silent on these issues? Thank you. Minister of Education. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and we need to be very clear here. Teachers will be going back to curriculum they're familiar with because they're going to be using the curriculum that was utilized in 2014 and at that time in tandem we're going to be embarking on the most comprehensive consultation this province has ever seen because we're keeping our election promise to respect parents. We have heard from tens of thousands of parents that are uncomfortable but you know what really matters, Speaker? It's that we embark on a comprehensive consultation process whereby every person in this province has an opportunity to hear their voice heard because we know the previous liberal government got it wrong and through our consultation process we're going to get it right. Thank you, Speaker. Again to the minister it may be news to this government but this province has already had one of the most comprehensive education consultations in our history. It took place over a period of almost 10 years and resulted in the modernized 2015 health and physical education curriculum. The minister of education knows that three years ago she publicly stated the minister of education has done a lot of consulting about this we need an upgrade to the curriculum. Speaker, why is this minister catering to a small group of radical social conservatives like Charles McVidi who wants to hold town halls in every riding in Ontario instead of doing her job keeping the modernized updated curriculum in place? Minister of Education Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My job is to listen to the constituents that are represented in the ridings in every corner of this province and we have heard from tens and thousands of parents that their voices weren't heard and they are not being represented in what they're saying is okay to move forward with. So we're going to keep our election promise, Speaker. We are going to move forward with the most comprehensive consultation process this ministry of education has ever facilitated and in the spirit of democracy enable every person who wants to share their perspective to have an opportunity to have their voice heard and I look forward to kicking that off later this fall. Thank you very much. Next question. Member for Springwater Oro Madonte Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the minister of the environment over the past several months I've had the chance to talk to thousands of families and individuals across Springwater Oro Madonte and I heard from families that work hard they play by their rules and they're trying to get by and at the end of the day they still struggle to make ends meet. The tax to spend policies in the last 15 years has made life unaffordable as cap and trade, the carbon tax it only compounded the problem, it made it worse. It increased the cost of gas it increased the cost of groceries it increased the cost of everything that we do day to day and I campaigned to my constituents to end the cap and trade. I would like to ask the minister if he would update us on and the House and the public on the status of this commitment. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank the honourable member from Berry Springwater Oro Madonte I know that he stands up for his constituents and represents them well our government was elected on a promise to revoke the cap and trade program which for too long had targeted families low-income families targeted businesses and made life unaffordable for people in Ontario. That's why we announced the end of the cap and trade program of taking steps for its orderly wind down. Effective July 3rd, the province has revoked the cap and trade regulation and is prohibiting the trading of admission of its allowances. All programs currently funded through the cap and trade program will be concluded and the immediate orderly wind down of the Green Ontario fund is included in that. Mr. Speaker, under the leadership of Premier Ford we have delivered more promises in the first 10 days than the previous Liberal government did in the last 10 years. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Back to the minister Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for his commitment and his comments to this very important promise and both to me and to the constituents. I heard it time and again, time and again at the doors families simply cannot afford this tax. And to make things worse Mr. Speaker to make things worse during the campaign the Leader of the Opposition not only endorsed the Liberal plan but committed to adjusting the Liberal plan and obviously I don't mean down. This would have meant higher taxes for every family in Ontario higher costs of living, higher childcare higher food, higher gas everything. Can the minister assure the hardworking families in my writing that the days of this unaffordable cap and trade carbon tax are finally over? Mr. Speaker, through you to the member for too long the Liberals ineffective cap and trade program did target low income families, middle income families and the members quite right. I listened intently to the Leader of the Opposition's response to the speech from the throne and when she doubled down on advocating that continued cap and trade program I was bewildered. And when she talks about radical extremists well we could talk about the NDP MPP from Ottawa Centre who repeatedly called on increasing carbon taxes to 35 cents a leader. This is not what the people want this is not what we were elected to do on this side of the house we understand that in this time of economic uncertainty we need to avoid a carbon tax and we will not allow it. Thank you. Member for Toronto Danforth. Thank you Speaker. Speaker my question of the acting Premier. Last May the Liberal government announced a scheme to use borrowed cash to artificially and temporarily lower hydro bills before the election. After the election rate payers would need to pay back $40 billion in debt and interest. The government house leader who was then the conservative energy critic obtained a leaked cabinet document that showed how this hydro borrowing scheme would drive up hydro bills by 70% over the next 10 years. 70%. He described the Liberal scheme as quote deceitful, dishonest and shady end quote. So why is the Premier keeping this deceitful dishonest and shady Liberal scheme that will have $40 billion? I'm asking the member to withdraw because I'm going to have to come. I withdraw. Response? Deputy Premier. I go to the Minister of Energy. Thank you Mr. Speaker let's talk about another set of numbers that are factual, true and about to reduce the rate payers costs for energy across this province. We set out a campaign promise to reduce those by 12% and involved a number of important steps which have occurred over the past couple of weeks. That target is 12%. It's achieved by renewing leadership at Hydro One. It's achieved by cancelling contracts that are going to ultimately cost taxpayers way more money than it was worth. $790 million in savings is the number that we're dealing with Mr. Speaker. That's what Ontarians listen to on June 7. That's why there are 76 of us in this House, promise made promise can. What's up? Apparently the Minister is not aware of the party's policies but then I will go back to this question. Seems the Premier has decided to keep all the worst Liberal Hydro plans. He won't return Hydro One to full public ownership and he's going to keep the Liberal Hydro borrowing scheme that his own minister called deceitful dishonest and shady. Will he also use the same accounting tricks the Liberals use to hide the truth about the $40 billion Hydro borrowing scheme? Mr. Speaker, through you to my colleagues, can I be forgiven for not paying attention to Liberal policies on energy? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, we continue to be focused like a laser on reducing Hydro rates for Ontario taxpayers and for Ontario ratepayers. I'm a bit worried when the NDP start talking about an exercise of going into the private sector. Those two tend not to jive, Mr. Speaker. We've come up with the plan to renew Hydro One leadership to lower costs by cancelling programs that were going to be represented a significant cost to ratepayers and taxpayers, Mr. Speaker. This is the promise we made on June 7 and this is the promise that we're going to keep, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Next question, the member for Barry Innisville. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the President of the Treasury Board. In my writing of Barry Innisville, I heard people's message loud and clear. They're concerned about the lack of trust in the previous government. Every new report from the Financial Accountability Officer gave them more cause for concern about the future of this great province. Mr. Speaker, would the President of the Treasury Board please provide an update for this House on the steps the government is taking to restore the trust and the provincial finances? Thank you for the question, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the member from Barry Innisville for raising importance to the people not only of the writing of Barry Innisville, but across the province. This government is committed to ensuring accountability for how taxpayers' money is spent. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately this government is operating from a starting position where we are left with books that do not tell the real story on our province finances. That is why we are taking action now. It's time to stop digging and find out how it's going to work. Mr. Speaker, we want the public to have a full, honest and accurate picture of Ontario's finances. The people of Ontario deserve to know where the hard-earned money is going, how it's being wasted and how we are going to fix it. Thank you. Supplementary question. Back to the President of the Treasury Board. Thank you, President of the Treasury Board for his response and his swift response. The President of the Treasury Board described his recent meeting with members of the public service who were eager to share their ideas for finding efficiencies and savings, Mr. Speaker. I know the people in my writing and I imagine the people province-wide are interested in having their voices heard after feeling like the previous government failed to listen. Mr. Speaker, with the President of the Treasury Board, we want the public to know how the government is ensuring this audit is open, transparent and accountable to the people of Ontario. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we announced yesterday with the Premier and the Minister of Finance on the independent Commission of Acquiry and the line-by-line promise made, promise kept. The member from Barry and the Minister of Finance of Ontario Public Service mentioned that no minister had come by in 26 years to say hello. These are the people that will come up with the ideas for the efficiencies and savings that we intend to do. To support this work we're going to do an open tender for a transparent public request for bids. We issued that yesterday. That will take 15 days. It will be open, transparent and open. The next question will be for the people of Ontario and include the people. Next question. The member for Brampton North. First of all, I'd like to congratulate you on your election. My question is for the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. The charter applies 365 days a year, not just when this government would like it to, but the unfortunate reality is that this government's SIU rollback sends a disturbing signal that this government is not interested in reforming an extremely dated system that does nothing to address this province's current reality. Mr. Speaker, I personally have been carted. New Democrats have long been advocating for the end of carting as a first step in addressing systemic racism. So my question is, will you be making changes to allow even more carting to take place on the streets, or will you work to stamp out carting? Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Service. Mr. Speaker and Honourable Member, first of all I want to reassure everyone that the focus of this government is to ensure that safety is paramount in all communities. Personally I went out to Jane and Finch put on a bulletproof vest and spent 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the morning visiting sites that had previously had bullet-ridden people killed in the middle of the night. The police need tools to work with. They're doing an incredible job ensuring that our streets are safe and it's our job, I'm not a police officer, but what I can tell you is they need skills, they need tools to work with. Our work will be to ensure working with the communities to make sure that they, we build trust and that we have those tools provided to them to be able to do their jobs properly. Thank you Mr. Speaker I didn't expect the question to get answered and obviously it wasn't answered. Casually combining the responsibilities of the anti-racism directorate with the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, now that is problematic. Not only does this lumping of responsibilities demonstrate part time attention to systemic racism only occurs in policing. This is simply not the case. Racism also occurs in the workplace, in schools and consumer establishments based on a person's postal code as well as accessing housing social services and of course the list goes on and on. Racism also occurs in these areas and this is why the Ontario NDP has been calling for the creation of an Ontario anti-racism directorate since 2015. So my question once again is how will this government commit to giving full time attention to eliminating racism in government policies, decisions and services? Minister. Thank you for the question. Once again public safety is a paramount concern to this government. Anti-racism and the issues surrounding anti-racism is something that will be looked at seriously within our ministry. We will look to understand what we can do both from the standpoint of assisting the police with the work they do and other organizations as well. This requires consultation. It requires us to be involved with stakeholders and it's every intention of this government to be open, transparent and listen to the people which is something that has not been done for a long time. Next question. The member for Scarborough, Guildwin. The 42nd parliament. I want to give a special thank you to the residents and the constituents of Scarborough Guildwood for the confidence that they have placed in me and re-elected me for a third term. Speaker, congratulations to you on your appointment as well. My question is to the Deputy Premier. Deputy Premier and also congratulations on your election and for your willingness to serve. Yesterday, the Premier appointed his commission of inquiry. Can you tell this House the cost? Deputy Premier. Mr. Speaker, to the Treasury Board. President of the Treasury Board. Mr. Speaker, thank you for the question and through you to the member. Through the election, we crisscrossed this province, the Premier crisscrossed the province. We knocked on a lot of doors and we heard the same thing. We want to restore trust in government. To do that, we said we would have an independent inquiry to look at the accounting and look at the line by line to do a value for money audit. To do this, we have hired independent commission of inquiry, independent commissioners, who are experts in their field. This is a drop in the bucket against the amount of spending and the waste and mismanagement in the last 15 years. This will be some of the best money that we have ever invested in the province of Ontario. Mr. Speaker, again to the Deputy Premier, on Monday, your government announced the cancellation of white pines with no idea of the cost to Ontarians. And it's signaled to the world that Ontario is no longer a safe place to invest new business for innovation and job growth. Mr. Speaker, we do know some numbers. The Premier has cancelled cap and trade with a cost of over $2.4 billion paid out Hydro One CEO for $9 million and over $350,000 a year to his personal friend and now health advisor and now this commission with another cost. We are less than a week into the Ford government and already the fiscal mismanagement is clear. Members to come to order. Member for Scarborough Guildwood. You say this is a line by line analysis of government in only a few weeks. Will the Deputy Premier admit that this commission is a smokescreen and an extension of your campaign meant to hide the fact that the Conservatives have no plan and to distract from the deeper cuts that are coming to things that matter the most like Ontario's health care education environment and putting Ontario jobs at risk. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, thank you for the question through you to the member. I think the member opposite has a lot of trouble with promises made promises kept. We crisscrossed this province we heard from the people and the people said life is getting harder and getting less that included we provided a platform of providing relief so lower hydro costs lower gas taxes lower taxes so this Mr. Speaker led us to look for savings and that was one of the first areas of savings where we look forward to help the people of Ontario so we stand behind the people of Ontario making $790 million of savings through these contracts that we did not need in this province Mr. Speaker and we'll stand behind that. The next question the member for Willowdale. Thank you Mr. Speaker as it's my first time rising in the house I'd like to congratulate you on your election and thank the wonderful people of Willowdale for giving me this great honour of representing. My question is for the minister of the environment. The Liberals claim that having a cap and trade style carbon tax would force people to make better choices. Well Speaker most people in Ontario don't have the choice to jump on a bus with their two kids hockey bags in tow to get to the rink for 7am practice. Most people don't have the choice to bike home after shopping for groceries to feed their family of four. Most people don't have the choice to spend an additional $35,000 on an efficient Prius. Ontarians can agree on the importance of reducing emissions but the arrogance of those who imply that these kinds of decisions should bear a syntax is astonishing. Will the minister ensure that the people of Ontario will no longer be punished with unfair taxes as a result of making these very reasonable choices? Mr. Speaker through you the member first of all I congratulate the member from Willowdale on his election and also on his recent engagement. Mr. Speaker I agree that and this government agrees that climate change presents real challenges and that we need a program that will protect our environment but as the member alluded to we need a program that's balanced. We need a program that understands the needs of working families the needs of parents to take their kids to hockey to go shopping. We will never be a government that dictates how people will behave and that punish them if they disagree with this government. This is why we're moving forward with the cap and trade legislation which has punished working families which has punished businesses our government will move quickly to fulfill that promise to fulfill our promise to working Ontarians so that they can enjoy the life of them. Mr. Speaker back to the minister. I would like to thank the minister for his strong convictions to press ahead on this file. I know how much he appreciates the value of a promise and I know how much the people of Ontario are counting on him to deliver his message. Climate change is our generation's reality and we understand the importance of taking steps to ensure that we protect our environment but there has to be a better way to achieve the results the people of Ontario demand. I know the people of Ontario are looking to our government for relief the reality is families are not making choices at all they're being forced. What is the government going to do to ensure that they get the relief? Mr. Speaker again I'd like to thank the member through you Mr. Speaker as I've said we are committed to taking action and we will be taking action in this sitting to begin the process of the orderly wind down of the cap and trade program. We don't agree with the members opposite that we should double down on cap and trade that we should put more pressure on Ontario families we don't agree with the Liberals the former government of the cap and trade program is the approach but we do understand the importance of addressing climate change but as we move forward here we will also be taking our argument to Ottawa we will also be doing everything in our power to ensure that the carbon tax cap and trade program here is not repeated by the federal government the disastrous Liberal parties in Ontario can't be imposed by a Liberal government in Ottawa and we will do everything in our power to avoid that. Thank you Mr. Speaker my question is to the Minister of Education on Monday fixer schools wrote a letter to the minister putting the total estimate for school repairs in her writing at a staggering $113.8 million they reminded her of the personal commitment she made to fixing our schools during the campaign and they stated clearly quote school conditions matter they impact student learning attendance and health end quote. Yesterday this government admitted that the colossal $100 million they cut from school repair funding was just collateral damage in their crusade against cap and trade they admitted that the well being of students was an afterthought will the minister's message to the students in her writing and across Ontario continue to be that they are just not a priority Thank you Mr. Speaker Thank you Mr. Speaker You know I find it rather ironic because the reality is this under 15 years of the Liberal rule of which the NDP party the opposition party brought up the entire way we've seen schools crumble across this province and I am very pleased to share with you speaker as the official opposition to please come door I have to be able to hear the response Minister of Education Thank you Speaker I'm very pleased to share with you that we're in working with ministry officials we're addressing the renovation needs of our schools and you're going to see this government always be putting students first Thank you Renovate Collegiate Institute a great high school in my writing of Parkdale Hyde Park urgent repairs among 64 others these repairs include hot water boilers roof coverings and the 90 year old structural frame urgent meaning now the students and families of Renovate Collegiate cannot afford to hold out while this government makes cuts first and promises later how much longer will the students and families in Parkdale Hyde Park will be left waiting to be perfectly clear here the $100 million in the Green Ontario fund the gas house reduction the greenhouse gas reduction fund that the liberals created was never ever going to be addressing those problems that the member opposite just described so with that said I look forward to inviting the member opposite to come forward and meet with me and share her concerns about her local school so that I can raise them with ministry officials and I can get a status update on those particular repairs thank you very much speaker next question the member for Brantford Brandt thank you Mr. Speaker and congratulations yet on your election my question is to the minister of finance who I would also like to congratulate on his election I know he will be serving the constituents of Nipissingwell for the last 15 years the people of Ontario and especially in my writing of Brantford Brandt watched Queens Park in frustration the previous liberal government time and time again mismanaged taxpayers' dollars while insiders got rich off the public purse but what's worse on top of the waste and scandal is that we were not provided an accurate picture of the province's finances it took independent officers like the auditor general and the financial accountability office to expose just what was going on but Premier Doug Ford promised to take immediate action to restore trust in Ontario's finances and he has minister could you please tell the House about the commission of inquiry the government for the people launched yesterday into the state of the province's finances thank you for the thank you for the question from the member from Brantford Brandt and congratulations on your election to this and to you speaker considering this is my first time to rise in this sitting of parliament I want to congratulate you on a great position and a great success in this job we'll be giving the commission of a financial inquiry an expanse of mandate they are going to chase down any and all budgetary spending and accounting practices that might compromise the public's faith in our public finances this work will be completely independent from my office from the Premier's office and from any government office we are asking the commission to hit the ground running and issue a report in time for it to be included in the Ontario public accounts and our fall economic statement to be considered as part of the fall economic statement as well that's why the terms of reference include a clear deadline of August 30th for their report which will be made public the people will see the exact same report we will see the commission of inquiry will look into what went wrong while the line by line audit overseen by Treasury and minister Bethlyn will look at how we fix it supplementary question supplementary follow up to the minister of finance thank you minister for explaining how the commission of inquiry will work and will complement the line by line audit as well getting to the bottom of the question of whether or not there is a clear amount of importance as we start the path back to fiscal balance in Ontario this arms length commission is truly the first step in doing just that I was pleased to hear the minister reassure Ontario taxpayers that the exact same report that he sees will be the one that the public sees that's true transparency and accountability something that sadly was not existent in the previous government the expert members of the commission of inquiry and why their specific experience is critical in ensuring Ontario taxpayers can have the faith in this province process and the eventual findings thank you again thank you to the member for the question I am confident that this commission of inquiry has the right leadership the right mandate and the right resources to get the job done their job will be to restore trust we have strong leadership at the helm with the former premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell acting as chair Mr. Campbell will be joined by two co-commissioners Michael Horgan and Dr. Alan Rosen each of whom is among the most qualified experts in Canada to perform exactly this type of work let me express my personal confidence to this house that the road back to financial health for Ontario starts right here, right now I would like this inquiry and if it comes to me I will speaker my question is for the minister of the environment I have met with many small businesses and families who have been affected by the cancellation of the green on program on June 19th like Michael Braby who owns a small business open windows and doors and his customers who were supposed to receive the rebates the problem is with how the government is withdrawing from this is that there are so many contracts that it would take until January to finish them all now I know this government is completely comfortable with arbitrarily canceling contracts but there is no need to force those values on the small businesses and families of Ontario instead of canceling them with an October 31st deadline will the minister work to extend it until January 31st until all those contracts can be done that were entered into in good faith Mr. Speaker I think through you I think the member for his question this is a government that has been quite responsive to the various parties that were involved in this program we have set the dates based on consultation with those parties and we will stick with those dates Mr. Speaker the important thing to remember is that all of this subsidy was being paid for by taxpayers that all of this subsidy was coming out of the pockets of Ontarians and the only responsible thing to do when we made the decision on behalf of Ontarians to cut the cap and trade carbon tax program was to end that program so we worked to do that on an orderly basis and we will continue to do so Thank you Mr. Speaker again to the minister of the environment Mike has lined up jobs for November December and January that represent $177,000 in green Ontario rebates those families who signed up in good faith before the sudden cancellation of the green Ontario program now those jobs are at risk and Mike is just one of the many contractors across Ontario who are still being affected by this situation the premier promised to put money back in the pockets of Ontarians so why is he taking thousands and thousands of dollars out of the pockets of Ontario families and out of the pockets of small businesses in Ontario Minister Mr. Speaker through you thank you to the member for his follow-up question Mr. Speaker what the NDP don't appreciate is that the money for Mike is coming from Mike's from 10,000 other Marthas from Ontarians across the province who are tired of paying a tax to prop up a subsidy program and to prop up a carbon tax cap and trade program that is not working so Mr. Speaker with respect we will stick with our October 31st deadline thank you the member for Mississauga streets First of all I'd like to congratulate you on your election to the Speaker of the House and your vast meaningful service very very well Speaker my question is to the Minister of Environment the election in Ontario made one thing crystal clear Ontario voters have had enough voters in our province are stretched thin they have paid their share they are done that is why they voted for us they voted for us because we promised to scrap the Liberals cap and trade scheme they voted for us because we promised we'll follow up with a very auspicious discussion about the government's carbon tax have you raised the issue of the carbon tax with the federal Minister of the environment Minister of the environment Mr. Speaker through you to the members of Mississauga congratulations on your election I know you'll serve your constituents well Mr. Speaker this morning I did meet with the federal minister of the environment But unfortunately, when it came to the idea of the Trudeau carbon tax, we found no common ground. We both acknowledged the importance and the critical nature of dealing with climate change, but we did not agree on the solution. And Ontario will not accept a carbon tax solution. We've been given a very strong mandate from the voters of Ontario to repeal the cap-and-trade carbon tax program of the previous Liberal government. And to proceed with that program, and frankly, for the federal program to proceed, is disrespectful to the taxpayers of Ontario. Families have done their part. They've been stretched enough. And our commitment is to the people of Ontario to do whatever we can do to bring this argument forward. That's why Premier ... Thank you. Thank you. Supplementary. Speaker, back to the Minister of Environment, I am disappointed to hear about the response from the federal government, a decision that reeks of contempt for our electorate who just a month ago gave a strong mandate to our government who promised an end to cap-and-trade and carbon taxes. Ontario's economy has been hampered long enough. In recent years, under the former Liberal government, we saw trends that indicated some discretionary spending has been significantly compromised due to the added costs. Damaging policies like the carbon tax will only compound the problem. Increasing the price of goods and making life more unaffordable. As we know, a carbon tax increases the price of everything. Ontario is being told one thing, it's all pain, no gain. How will our government stand up for the people against our federal counterparts and their aggressive carbon tax? Mr Speaker, through you to the member, again, an excellent question. As I mentioned, Premier Ford today will be speaking with other premiers. We've already seen a parade of other provinces. First Saskatchewan, Ontario, PEI, that parade is only going to grow and grow. This is going to be quite a message that is going to be said to the federal government. I shared with the minister the fact that Ontarians had spoke clearly through the election of this government, through the election of these 76 members, that they rejected a carbon tax. I reminded Minister McKinnon that just months ago the Liberal Party of Ontario was reduced to seven seats, seven seats in this legislature, based on their failed carbon tax policy. Ontario has always been an industrious province. It's a province where we want people to succeed. It's a province where we care about an environment. We believe we can do those two things at once. Thank you. Member for Windsor West. Thank you, Speaker. My questions to the acting Premier. Auto and manufacturing jobs are integral to Windsor's economy. Our entire community, and many others like it, depends on the health and growth of the sector. Yet there was not one mention of the automotive sector in the PC plan. We don't know what this government has planned for the industry, if anything at all. What we do know is that the previous Conservative leaders have repeatedly shown that they would be happy to see the auto sector die, threatening to end all government investment. During the election, the Conservatives said they would cut the Jobs and Prosperity Fund, which provides millions of dollars of necessary investment in our auto sector. Speaker, are the Conservatives still content to let the auto sector die, or will they commit today to creating and implementing a comprehensive strategy to protect the industry, our local economy and the jobs that families depend on? Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, certainly we are committed to making life easier and making life more affordable. And today, Minister Wilson is in Washington, D.C. today, where he'll be vigorously advocating for the Canadian and American jobs that depend on our historic trading relationship with the United States. In fact, the U.S. Department of Commerce will be holding a public hearing on the Section 232, National Security Investigation on Imports on Automobiles and Automotive Parts. Minister Wilson was invited to attend, and he is there today speaking on behalf of the people of Ontario. Our government for the people stands shoulder to shoulder with the Government of Canada, and we will continue to work with Ontario businesses. Thank you. Back to the acting premier. President Trump recently threatened new tariffs that would decimate the auto sector in Ontario. On Monday, the Minister of Economic Development and Growth said he is going to the United States this week to talk to officials about NAFTA. He claims he will defend our jobs. But we know that in the last three weeks, this government has operated almost exclusively by making backroom deals that favour their friends and lobbyists. At the expense of workers and families. They've also just fired Ontario's trade representative to Washington. Mr. Speaker, with no commitment to an auto strategy, no plan for investment and no trade representative, something that the other side was just saying they're proud of doing away with, how can Ontarians possibly trust this government will stand up for our auto sector? Mr. Speaker, let me assure the people of Ontario that our number one priority is making Ontario open for business and protecting jobs, supporting businesses, and increasing trade so that the Ontario economy can grow and thrive. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the federal government on this issue. Jobs across our economy, workers and their families, entire communities are counting on us to defend Ontario's interests and Canada's interests. From our side, it's going to be a full court press, Speaker. Premier Ford is going to be meeting with governors. Minister Wilson is there today. We're going to continue talking about the economic benefits of trade with Ontario. Speaker, we're also going to make Ontario open for business again. Next question, the member for Burlington. Mr. Speaker, first let me say that it fills my heart to see you sitting in that seat. Mr. Speaker, my questions to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks. Today you met the federal minister. This is the same federal minister that wants to impose a regressive carbon tax on the people of Ontario. The federal government knows Ontario can't afford that tax, but the Trudeau Liberals seem to be pushing ahead. Mr. Speaker, can the minister tell us what he told the federal counterpart? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and again, congratulations to the member on her election. Mr. Speaker, I made it clear to Minister McCann, I made it clear to the federal minister that Ontario would not stand for a regressive Trudeau carbon tax. I made it clear that Ontario families are not prepared and have made it clear through this election recently that they are not prepared to carry the burden of an inefficient, ineffective climate change strategy. That's what I made clear. Mr. Speaker, back to the Minister. Thank you for standing up for Ontarians. Thank you for telling the Trudeau Liberals that Ontario will never accept a carbon tax. Mr. Speaker, we all know that this is a regressive tax. We know this makes life harder for Ontarians. Families have done their part. They are stretched thin. They have had enough. Mr. Speaker, can the minister outline the steps we will take to stop the Trudeau carbon tax and what he told the federal minister? Thank you. That's the House Leader said. I'm a candidate that makes sense. Mr. Speaker, we were very clear. Very clear. And listen, the minister has her point of view, but it's not their way or the highway. The people of Ontario have spoken. This government has a clear plan, and that plan is to get rid of the cap and trade program, and that is what we will do. That concludes the time we have for oral questions today. Pursuant to Standing Order 38A, the member for Brampton North has given notice of his dissatisfaction with the answer to his question given by the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services concerning respect for charity rights. This matter will be debated today at 6 p.m. This House is now in recess until 3 p.m. this afternoon. Oh, sorry. Point of order. Point of order. To introduce to the House my mom, Seerutan, who's up in the gallery today. Thank you for coming today. Once again, a point of order from Member for King Long. Very briefly, to acknowledge in the House, Janet Dugle, who's here, who's a great advocate of autism for families with autism in the City of Toronto. Thank you so much, Janet, for joining us today. That's it for another point of order. Member for Davenport. I would just like to take a moment, Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge the presence of my father, Jeffrey Stiles, an energy conservation expert in this House today. Thank you. Point of order to the Member for Timmons. I want to give the spirit of the place and welcome Chris Watson, who is actually an advocate of workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome everyone who hasn't yet been introduced. And to remind the members, of course, that we have introduction of guests according to the standing orders at the start of the morning and at 3 o'clock as well. Thank you. So they're being no deferred votes. This House stands in recess until 3 p.m. this afternoon.


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Welcome back. Now, we will look at a simple schematic to study open systems. So, what I am going to do is now draw a very simple open system here. You will notice that I have drawn this open system here. This is the shaded part that I am going to draw and it has one inlet and one exit. The location of this inlet and exit is not of any consequence. Here is the shape of this open system. For example, I could have as well drawn it in a reasonably amoebic fashion here and drawn the inlet and exit somewhere else. For example, I could have drawn an inlet here and an exit here. So, all I am doing right now is considering an open system with one inlet and one exit. So, for this open system, the properties can actually change with time and not only that, one need not find a unique property throughout the open system. If one can find properties for the entire system, we will try to label them, but mostly these properties would be a function of time. So, for example, one could have the mass as a function of time, one could have the energy as a function of time, one could have the entropy as a function of time. As a result, one would write M as a function of time, E as a function of time, H as a function of time and so on. So, apart from this, what one assumes is that one can have very defined properties at the inlet and exit. This means that we assume some kind of a local equilibrium at the inlet and exit and that we know very well what the properties of the fluid are at the inlet and at the exit. At the inlet, we can definitely specify at any instant of time, what is the inlet energy, what is the inlet velocity, what is the inlet pressure, what is the inlet temperature and so on. Hence, what one would like to do is make a list of these properties at the inlet and exit and label them with a subscript. So, typically I would label the properties at the inlet with a subscript i and the properties at the exit with a subscript e and what I would do is I will just list them out right now. So, I would write it here, area, density, internal energy, velocity at the inlet and exit, a i, a e, rho i, rho e, u i, u e, v i, v e and so on. So, we make a list of the properties at the inlet and exit. I should again mention at this time that we are making another assumption here that we will assume that these properties are uniform across the inlet and similarly uniform across the exit that is we are assuming a one dimensional situation at both the inlet and exit. Of course, one could have a profile at the inlet and exit in which case we would just have to integrate at the inlet and integrate at the exit. For example, we can actually have uniform flow at the inlet, but the flow may not be normal to the inlet in which case for the mass entering the system, we need to consider only the normal component of the velocity. But if we want something like the kinetic energy of the incoming mass, then we would have to take the entire velocity and square it, multiply it with the mass and so on. So, in general, this is the whole schematic for the system. We have a system with one inlet, one exit. We know very well defined properties at the inlet and exit. We have assumed one dimensional situations at the inlet and exit and we will try to define properties for the system. All of these are functions of time. Apart from this, as any other system, the system will also be interacting with the surroundings and hence there would be a heat interaction Q and there would be a work interaction W. Both of these would be functions of time and hence for the open system, we would have a Q and a W term and the sign convention would be the same as before that is Q heat entering the system would be considered positive. Similarly, work done by the system would be considered positive. So, this is in general the simple system we will consider. The next step that we have to do is consider what happens with the mass flowing at the inlet and mass flowing at the exit and one will realize that we will be discussing this very often what is happening at the inlet and exit and hence we will cover it in the next snippet. Thank you.


So, we are always close, we are done, 45 lectures are with us, so today we will discuss lecture number 44. So, today's session, we will start. But before we start our today's session, let me ask you few questions. I am going to apply the 40th lecture, lecture number 1, lecture number 40, we dedicated those lectures to understand the basic management concept and of course, the main emphasis was on our human resource management part or here I am going to NPRK 41, 43 lectures that we reviewed those basic human resource management functions. So, my question will be now, how you are feeling about the learning? Are you confident enough, ready to go for evaluation? If yes, we both should be proud. If no, something is wrong, still you have time get back to us and we will try to help you out. Let us start our today's session. As usual, we have to quickly go back and see what we have covered during our previous lecture and that was lecture number 43. As you all know, we have covered all the functions of human resource management in class, quickly we have covered it, starting with the staffing, human resource development, compensation benefit, health and safety and implies labour relationship. So, last lecture we covered the last three part, the compensation benefits, health and safety programs and implies labour relationship, which means union, collective bargaining and so on. So, that part is now completed. I am sure that your confidence level will be high after reviewing this. Today we discussed a very important topic, especially when we are talking about that word is becoming a global village. We are going toward globalization. Managing human resources in an international business, global business or international business. We will use both terms simultaneously. Stages of global organization, when you are focusing only in your own country, domestic organization, then at the next stage, international organization becomes a product or services. Then it can be multinational. Similarly, global or transnational organizations, which have independent unit in different country. They are different stages in those international business or globalization business. But why? Why to go for global? Why to go for international business? The big question mark. Do you have any idea? Why people think they want to go beyond their domestic boundaries? They want to expand their business. Very logical answer can be, of course they want to increase their market share. They want to increase their business. That is a good answer. What else? They might have produced more and they have already saturated their domestic market. So they are looking new markets. That is why they are going out of boundaries, out of their domestic boundaries. Oskelava carries an osakti. And few time, and sometime rather, organization can also go beyond their domestic markets because there are some benefits involved there. It may be the labor is cheap there. The raw material is available easily there. Transportation is easily managed from there. Or maybe some other tariffs and those type of things. But yes, this is the trend in the market now. People are thinking beyond their boundaries. And that is the basic concept of this globalization. The international business concept. People are thinking beyond their domestic market. What happened? Communication improved. New technologies are coming. Exposure increased. Competitive pressure was there. So business started thinking of expanding. The merger and acquisition started. Smaller units made a bigger setup. That is a different story, but we don't want to go there. But these are the different aspects, different forces. Because of which, business spread. The landscape changed the world. That was another reason. There were different types of tariffs. There were different types of agreements signed. There was NAFTA. And similarly others. Economic pressure is there. The landscape of the globe is changing. If you see at the globe. In some time, the USSR, Russia was a big part of the world. Now they are divided in small states. Similarly, European Union. It is a big set up. It will change the way of business. And similarly other factors. They have forced business to think beyond their markets. Beyond their domestic boundaries. So these were the reasons that business were going out of their domestic markets. So let's see those evaluations of global business. It started like you said. Domestics say you started exporting things. The reason for that was more production. Domestic markets were saturated. And for opportunities. Your competitor started doing the same. And some other opportunities. You start exporting. There will be some terminology that will help you understand these things. Licensing. Organization grants. A foreign firm the right to use intellectual properties. That you can use their name and do business in other places. That is licensing. We call it franchising. But in franchising, parent organization, they have the hold. You can work with their prescribed manager. This is how they started expanding. Now, everybody joins them. They are also entering our country. You have seen the McDonald's. You have seen the KFC. You have seen the General Electric and other things. Pepsi, Coke. They are all coming. They are focusing now this area. Because they have the huge market available here. The population of India, Pakistan, China. You just compare the Dunya Main. Maximum population is inside there. The market is there. The potential buyer. Similarly, multinational corporations running. Firms that is based in one country. And produce goods and provide services. And one or more foreign countries. The multinational concept. And global corporations. The corporate unit in a number of countries. That are integrated to operate as one organization. All worldwide. The global corporate concept. Developed. Some of the words. Ex-patriot. What is it? Have you ever heard of Pakistan? Ex-patriot. Pakistan working abroad. A citizen of one country. Living and working in another country. Is known as Ex-patriot. Multinational corporation. What is it called? A firm. With assembly and production facility in several countries. And region of the world. We call them multinational corporation. MNC, what is it called? Similarly, transnational corporations. A firm which operates in many countries. And highly decentralized operations. The firm owns little. To its country of origin. And has weak ties to any given country. And the unit Mughalif countries they are working independently. But of course under the same corporate umbrella. Now with our subject, related to our subject. Human resource and international business challenges. Why are we concerned? Because people are working everywhere. Human resources are there. They are playing very important role. So let us see what kind of challenges. Related to our subject. The human resource management are there. Due to this international expansion of business. Or international business. Or we can say the global business. What HRM strategies are appropriate. At different stages of internationalization. Globalization concept is coming. Should we go with the same strategy? Will it be different? Of course it varies from country to country. Region to region. How is the best implies mix? How can we make sure? That we can have the best implies mix available with us. Let us see if one of our unit is in another country. How many implies should I have from the host country? Or how many have from the parent country? This mix host country or expatriates. How many ratios to be done? Or how many best mix you have to create? This is another challenge. Sometime there are legal bindings from those countries. That you have to take care of local people here.  Because the culture is different. The values are different. The work behavior is different. They discuss this in the future. Why do international assignments fail? Or that is why we have seen that when you go for international business. Most of the time if you do not have the right planning. If you do not have the proper contingency plans and sport. You might fail there. And how are returning implies? Reintegrated into the firms. This is also very important. Now if you want to send your own worker abroad. Of course it will be for some time. For some duration. One year, two year, five year or so on. So one way or other they have to come back. When they come back, that is a big problem. How to settle that? That is another challenge. How can you develop your workforce? When we are talking about international business. Knowledge and innovation, dissemination. How can you make sure that they are disseminated equally in each part of your setup? Or identifying and development talent on a global basis. Its training, development. Your different setups. How to do that? Externalize base pay. How to manage it? Another challenge. And how inter-country difference? Effect HRM. And we believe this. And this is acceptable. And we accept it. We differ from each other. When we are talking about country to country. Region to regions. Or how they are affecting your HR practices? Your HR management. Let us see them. Three very important factors. The most important one is the culture factor. Economic factor. And labor cost factor. Of course it is also, it has to do with the economic factors. So let us start about culture. And as I said, this is the most important challenge. Factor, whatever you say about. When we are talking about globalization. When we are talking about international business. Culture perspective. What is this? What are the indicators? What are the parameters? What are the dimensions? And what is the difference from this? And by the way, you know what is culture, right? When we talk about the culture environment. There is language. There are religions of that area. There are values. And most of those things. Based on the value part. Remember in the beginning when we were talking about the perception. The values, the norms. So base is, the baseline is the values.  Oskarava, the attitude, the education, the politics, and law of the country. They all affect the culture of a particular, a culture environment of a particular environment. And yes, they do matter. Because they play a very important role in your decision making. In your management. And particularly when we are talking about managing the people. So cultural environment is the key for success or failure. If you can understand it well, you can be successful. If you miss it, you fail. So we will put extra emphasis on this topic and spend more time to understand the cultural aspect of a country and how it is affecting your decisions about HR management. Dimensions of culture, when we are talking about culture. Power distance. Some culture have, they keep good distance when we are talking about different power, different levels, authorities. Similarly, individualisms. Kya individual ki worth hoti aapke culture mein different aap, usre culture mein different hogi. How you will handle the uncertainty? It again vary from culture to culture. Feministry. The female, male, gender ko ishu hai. Isko kaisi address karna hai? Kaisi people, how people behave in different cultures? How they expect from each other? That also different from culture to culture. Similarly, long term, short term orientation kya hai? What is the commitment? These all affect the human being, the people and if they are in a different cultures. Let us see some other dimensions on which culture differ. The nature of the people. Aapne bhi observe ki aoga. Even within one country, we can have different people with different nature. Aap ek region se, ek area se dhusredi mein chare jain. Nature of people will change. Onka work behavior. Especially we are talking about the work behavior. How people relate to each others? Some people are very formal, some people are very informal. How they relate with each other? That also affect your work behavior. Primary mode of activities, conception of space, how much distance you want? How important space is for you? What is your personal space? What is the privacy? All these cultural aspects affect your decisions. And time orientation. Time can be important for somebody. In some culture, time may be precious. In some culture, it might not be that much precious. So that also affect your work decisions or work for decision when we are talking about global business or international business. Impact of culture on HRM practices or IR, IHRM, International Human Resource Management or Global Human Resource Management but now we are talking about IHRM International Human Resource Management practices. How does a culture affect? There are some aspects of a culture which you can see. And you can feel it. Let's see first those aspects of culture which you can see. Dress, like this is a formal dress in our system. Whenever we go for any presentation, any discussion, any meeting, we always try to be formal. But if you look toward some western countries, they have a different approach. British colonies areas, formal dress, tie, coat, pant coat, it is essential. But if you go towards state, this is, they don't take it, the formal dress as a requirement. Dress is something you can observe, you can see and differ from culture to culture. Ishtra food, different people have different priorities about food. Some people like to eat, some people like to sing. In our subcontinent, we prefer the sweeter part. If we go to the other side, we like different kinds of food. Remember, we are talking about culture. Similarly, climate. We have different climate in the world. Pakistan, we are lucky that we have all four climates. But some countries, they might not have all different climates. Some people are very cold, some people are very hot. They are very important. And the environment of the climate is also different in your behaviour. Housing, different concept, different type of housing requirements at different places. And similarly, there are few aspects of culture. You can't see them. But they are also playing very important role when we are talking about the behaviour. And ultimately it has to come to your decision making that how you should manage the people. Because in one culture, they might be expecting something different. But people from different culture, their expectation will be different. Because in their culture, they have a different value for that. Let's see those aspects which we can't see. Like communication style. We here teach our students, our kids to be very respectful to their elder, to your boss, to your supervisor. In other culture, they might not take it serious. Here, we can't just call a person if he is elder by his or her name. If my student comes in front of me, I can't call him by his name. If my parents are father, I will call him by his name. I may not be able to understand his direct name.  If you will call them with respect like sir and they will feel you are expecting something from them. And that was the experience I also got when I went there. So it was very difficult for me to call my teacher with name. But that was a culture and we have to adopt it. In that culture, you have to call him by his name. Here, he is taken by misbehavior. See, how you communicate with your boss, your colleague, how you communicate with your boss. That also differs from culture to culture. What motivates people? That also differs. See, as we read in Motivation Theory, at what level? If we are talking about third world countries, of course, they will be motivated with the money, with the financial reward. Other people, of course, money is also very important for them. But they might have other motivational factors too. So it also varies from culture to culture. Apart from that, role expectations. We have different role expectations. It can be different in any other culture. What do your parents expect? That you will work hard. And what you should be expecting from your parents? That they will support you. They will provide you all those facilities. But if you look at any other country's culture, you have to earn your own living. Especially if you are above 16 years of age. See, similarly at the workplace, role expectations are different from culture to culture. Negotiation style, very different from culture to culture. Some people start negotiation and direct they will come to the point and settle it. In some other culture, they will first make it convenient that the confidence building is there and then they will start negotiation. So again, this is different. Non-verbal communication. In some cultures, in some countries, they do not focus a lot of things on non-verbal communication. But in some culture, in some other countries, this non-verbal communication play a very important role. So A B, therefore you can do it. Tempo of work. This is obvious. You can see that this culture to culture varies. How tasks are assigned, again, it varies from culture to culture. Attitude toward authorities. This also varies. As you have just understood in the communication style, I believe you accepted. Yes, the things vary from culture to culture. Why we are studying those things? Because ultimately, we have to manage people with different cultures. So if we understand, if we accept it, then it will be very easy for us to manage that. Otherwise, we will be always facing the problems. Cross-cultural differences in the workplace are related. How interview should be conducted in different cultures, with different styles? It is in some organizations very friendly. They will call you at cup of tea. They will call you at for lunch. They might have a dinner together and that is your interview. In some country, in some organization, in some culture, now it is a formal interview. You should sit very obedient in front of a board and reply. And if you argue, it can be a positive sign. He gets the guts to talk, to challenge. How managers should act with their subordinates? This is also very important. Where? Where? A very formal distance type of things. What is the relationship of managers and subordinates? But in different cultures, it is different. I hope you got the message. I will quickly go through those things. Otherwise, we will stay in the culture part. Because it is very important. How negotiation should be conducted? Did you see this palladium? How training should be delivered? Again, differ from culture to culture. How people should be paid for work? In some society, in some culture, they are getting the weekly pay. Here we are getting the monthly pay. Similarly, how much should we pay? It depends. In some places, it is a few thousand rupees. In some places, it is close to lakhs. If we do the conversion from the foreign currency, that was the culture part. What about the difference in economic systems? Did you see in the beginning what are the dimensions and what are the challenges? One was culture. Second was difference in economic systems. In free enterprise systems, free enterprise systems open business. Their efficiency is the main key, the competitive pressures. And they tend to favor HR policies that value productivity, efficiency of workers and staff cutting where market dictate. That is your right, if you think. You are not getting efficient results, you can cut down downsize your workforce. That is normal in that society. Because they have the open economic system. But in other socialist areas where they have the socialist economic system HR practices tend to shift toward preventing unemployment even at the expense of sacrificing efficiency. You cannot fire people. Because system can they prevent you to go for firing people if it has to at your cost of your own survival. Why we are discussing international human resource management? I believe now you have enough base what is international business and what is globalization and how are cultural things affecting. Now let us move back to our own subject of human resource management. Why we want to discuss it? Becoming truly global required effective management diverse international labor force. When you are thinking because every organization everybody want to go for globalization. They want to be the global organizations. And if you want to be the global organization then it requires that you should have effective management of a diverse international labor force. Now you have people with different cultures people with different expectation people with different values different norms so it is becoming more difficult but not impossible same time. So how can we define international human resource management? International HR management is a strategic integration and alignment of HR practices with business objectives to enhance firm and employee performance around the globe. So basically it is the management of managing the people around the globe think about how you would get talent in throughout. When you are coming in front of a global organization then you have all kinds of people of every culture or you know that diversity is important we have already covered that part diversity at workplace now diversity based on different culture different background different countries origin very important why it is important because now you have so much different diversify resources human resources they can create miracle for you they can bring fortune for you but same time it is putting extra pressure on you because now the managing them will be a tough job different expectations different values different norms different culture and so on so the benefits are more so we will go for benefits what is that? Global scale people different activities to HRM recruiting, selection, compensation benefits, performance management or training that will become more important and of course more challenging one for organizations let's start with you those activities and try to understand the prospect of international human resource management let's start with global HR international HR planning in deciding level of international involvement of the business HR provides information about relevant HR issues for example local market period, labor laws when you are planning you have to plan based on what? the information which you will get about the local market periods, labor laws based on that how many people you have provided if law is not restricting you of the host country how many you will hire from the local market how many you will get from the host country from parent country or from the third country and then you have to plan and decide for all facilities how many people you need so when we talk about international staffing planning come to recruitment, selection or training and development let's see about selection part when we are talking about international human resource management or global HR selection process in this we have to see host country, parent country or third country nationals then you have to decide should I go for locally hiring and for what job I have to hire and for what job you have to send your parent country it might be strategical decision right and of course people prefer to have the main key position from their own countries strategically maybe and sometime they might need a key figure from the host country to have influence in that market have a good relationship with the that market to facilitate your business it depend it vary from situation to situation similarly anticipate emotional cycle associated with foreign assignments if you are sending people abroad you should be ready for that if you are sending they might be going there but they might be facing the cultural shock part there people going to different countries for job and we have seen that they might have very strong cultural shock there they are not adjusted there in those different cultures or for them it become impossible sometime to work there or it's clearly be then when you are doing the selection you should keep in your mind that culture shock part there so before sending them make sure you have that proper training for them to observe if any kind of culture shock they are facing there skill of learning, adjustment there are another problems learning might be their language their norms values that can also affect your decision of selection or people from your own country similarly consider criteria associated with the success in working overseas competency ability to communicate verbally, non verbally in foreign country flexibility ambiguity or sensitive toward the cultural differences some people are very sensitive and they always fail big problem when working in different cultures motivation to success enjoyment about challenges how much they are willing to take the challenge willingness to learn about country's culture language, custom what about the sport from the family they don't have the sport then most of the time they will be giving you the problems selection of employees for international assignments those things are seen in different ways emphasize cultural sensitivity as selection criteria the basic thing culture is very important even if you are thinking to go in a different market understanding that culture then all your decisions should be made so that you don't have a problem because that is a different world that is going to be a different world if you are working, if you are familiar with this system that might be different or you should be ready before going there establish a selection board of expatriates so that you are aware of their experience working abroad for that it is important for those who want to select they have some experience of international abroad that is a plus point and also screening of their spouse, their families it is not like family sport is not there and family problems start coming so let's talk about HR training and development when we are talking about international human resource management consider differences when developing trainings why? because again the norms for participation language content etc that will differ from culture to culture learning it is very fast you have to go slowly learning style of some place cross culture preparation for international assignments is very essential shouldn't they need training during departure before departure about the culture, about the languages, other things and even during assignment or very important when they will return because now they might have another culture shock because they are coming back home and they are now more used for those other countries where they were working so this is again effects international assignment as part of the career path, development the training or development up international human resource management means all aspects training vary from culture to culture build those things then cross culture training is important before any international assignment or again built in those all aspects in their career path so that their career will not be blocked return they might not be lost they should benefit four step approach is to training overseas candidates let's go and see them level one the impact of culture differences and on raising trainees awareness of the such differences and their impact on the business outcomes see everywhere whatever we will talk the culture is playing very important role so level one focus should be on the impact of culture they need to increase awareness what are the differences and then what will be the impact so that is see if they don't know that they have a different negotiation style and if the person is going from this country and he or she will implement those negotiation style there they will fail and what is the relationship of boss subordinate or supervisor subordinate if one person will try to implement it for the host country from their parent country again this will be a problem first make him aware of the impact on the business and their outcomes level two training aims at getting participants to understand how attitude both negative and positive are form and how they influence behavior again pertaining to particular environment particular cultures some are your positive or negative attitudes again it vary from culture to culture in any culture a particular attitude, behavior can be seen as a positive sign secondly it can be negatively level three training provides factual knowledge about the target country detail about that country it is said that when you go to a country you should have more knowledge of that country than you will be successful it is like war see when during war they always say the person or the country they have the more knowledge about their enemy they have the more probability to win that war it is like if you are talking about your enemy now of course I am not talking about that type of enemy which we have in the borders so even in a business it is a kind of war so it should be a strategy that your enemy or your competitor where you are going you should have the maximum knowledge because the more knowledge you have the better it will be for you to perform there and have positive outcome from your business so that is the main point which we are trying to emphasize here and level four training provides skill building in areas like language adjustment and adaptation skills now you are going to a different culture different country so in that training this should be added so that the capabilities this will increase so that you can learn other language you can adjust in that new setup in the new culture not only adjust but adapt those things you should have adaptability so then this training will be effective and useful if you are going in other market what about performance management so performance appraisal performance management again it vary from culture to culture the country to country they might have different standards they might have different requirements there might be certain rules about the performance management or performance appraisal or consequences of those appraisals so let's go through them and try to understand in the global prospect in the international business when we are talking about performance management consider legal requirements local business practices and national cultures now you might have your own culture your own objectives but of course consider the requirements of course local and national consider your own host country or parent country and see what is the best performance management in another country in another culture think about what is rated and how it is rated in that particular culture in that particular society how much performance is measured norms of providing feedback sometimes it might be positive in a culture if you tell them you are doing right or you are doing wrong and in some culture it might be taken in negative thing feedback how it is done how it is effected and of course its response to improve performance basic philosophy will be the same the evaluation and developmental basically not only evaluating but of course what about compensation pay levels relative to worth of the jobs may differ across countries why? because they have a different labor market and of course again the living standard, living requirement as I gave you an example if you want to buy a house in Japan then its rent can be 100 times more than if you have to get a house in Nepal or in Pakistan so it vary from area to area in country to country here you get 10 rupees from one unit you get it in 10 dollars so accordingly you have to adjust your compensation if you are going another country and then there are legal requirements some might have very strict requirements this is the minimum wages you have to offer them according to the location pay consider company cost ability to compete similarly the competitive pressure there equity concept within the organization and outside if there is so much difference domestic and international market then you can have pressure from home country everybody will be willing to go there same time if you bring it very low outside market say that equity and this will be demoralizing demotivation factor in the center benefits maybe legal issues and expectations where in this country you have to consider the legal requirement before you should finalize your compensation so that was all about different aspects of international human resource management but why international assignments fail in the beginning people go out and they are not successful they fail why it happen carrier blockage maybe foreign thing foreign thing is giving them blocking their carrier culture shock big way some people are pruned they are not easily adaptive they don't easily adjust in new culture lack of pre-reporture cross culture training this is the responsibility of our organization pre-departure training pre-departure training in which you are familiar with culture you are trained language is done there if you have a different language rule regulation is explained to you values are told to you if it is not possible that can be one reason of failure if you are emphasizing on technical qualification only it is not only the technical qualification of course it is the human aspect too which is very important when we are talking about the cross culture working if technical side is emphasized human part is missing then you can have all those aspects culture shock and other things and then again the person will be failed and the family problem especially in our society where we have joint family system this family problem can also have a very adverse effect on your performance there and I have seen a lot of people coming back and only due to their family problems someone's parents someone's children's education someone's family is difficult to take away due to the limited resources and so on so this is also one reason that people when they go abroad and they fail their assignments now upon return now if people they have completed their assignment abroad now when they are coming back again they are facing problems whatever skill they have acquired during that outside assignments when they are coming back they are expecting that they will be given great respect but no when they are coming back they don't have the respect people don't acknowledge their extra skill which they have learned from that assignment that might be a shock for them just like when we go abroad to study they spend a lot of time there working hard to acquire extra qualification and then when they come back they are expecting that people will be waiting there they will honor them they don't even ask so this is a huge shock they are expecting something different here but they are treated normally it is their fault they shouldn't have high expectation and our system should acknowledge them if they have studied and come back with training then they should appreciate them now if they were working there getting salaries in different countries the status back home the expectation is different now they will come back back to our original Pakistani salary or whatever the status will be that status is lost poor planning for return positions that is one problem and reverse cultural shock now they are more used to that culture where they have spent some time here the system is not good road is not good whatever they call it reverse cultural shock so this also affects when people are coming back how to manage host country's employees and so far what we have discussed we have discussed and focused mainly about expatriate how to manage people outside the country and about that the activities of human resource management here but the people who are working from the host country that is also our responsibility what we have to do quickly let us see them how to manage the host country's employees let us see we have to adjust human resource practices to the norms and culture of the host country the same way similarly you have to train develop training program that are compatible with the host country's views of the education process the process of that country you have to adjust your training program similarly the compensation the third part it is the HR activities practices training and develop the compensation system that are adapted to what motivations lies in the host country according to that you will manage that now see the values of the host country according to that you have to perform there that is how the system will work I think enough let us stop it here quickly summarize because we do not have enough time now left our topic today was managing human resource in international business and how inter-country differences affect human resource management activities like cultural factor, economic factor labor cost factors why to discuss international human resource management because we have to go globally it is a global village now so that is the reason why international assignment fails if we are not prepared if we do not do the pre-departure training that is why when people go to international assignment they fail there and upon return again they have the problem it might be reverse cultural shock because they are now used to with different culture so organization need to have arrangement so that avoid all those type of cultural shocks what about next that will be the last one and we will see what we are going to discuss in one our last lecture I will stop it here but this was very important topic the global aspect and we have to realize the word is becoming global village and we have to adopt all those changes and different cultural aspect if we want to be successful so one more to go what should I tell you I will say it again work hard and then you can make the difference with these thoughts take care of yourself thank you very much