Yes. I know we'll have a third discussion of the Investment Canada Act under several clauses, but this division and the changes the Conservatives are making here are tinkering with an act that everyone recognizes is broken and needs a wholesale review.
This process has not been working for Canadians for some time now. You only have to ask anybody who has seen their workplace taken over. I look at Mr. Van Kesteren in the Chatham and London area. We've seen workplaces taken over by foreign companies. The review has been in secret. We don't know what the conditions are, and subsequently the facility has closed. People have been left in the lurch, or they've been kept out in a lockout or strike for several months before closure takes place. The impact not just on the people directly involved in working for these employers but for entire communities has been major.
The problem is that the way the act is written now is vague and confusing for all concerned. So much of it, of course, takes place in secret. We don't have proper transparency. The government is tweaking in this omnibus bill, but we're calling for a full parliamentary review of the act, an overhaul of this legislation, to increase transparency and ensure better protection for Canadian workers and their communities.
The Conservatives have promised to take serious action on the Investment Canada Act. We don't see that in this bill, so we'll get into some of the specifics as we go through subsequent clauses.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.