Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Gordon, every union leader who has come before this committee has been asked the same question by government members. That question is, do you support unions paying taxes? To a certain extent we are all partisan at the committee, but this question seems to be getting out there a little too far. It seems to me the Conservatives don't understand that if you were to tax the union dues that fund your organizations, that's double-taxing your members. I wouldn't mind a comment on that.
But it also seems strange to me to hear people talking about how the conditions that will protect private sector jobs can only be reached by removing public sector jobs, so that you have put someone else on the unemployment line.
Do you feel that the Conservative government has been transparent in the way they've gone about setting into motion these cuts?