Mr. Chair, I'm moving this amendment with thanks to my former colleague Scott Duvall, who did a lot of work on this issue. Scott's background was with Stelco, so he was very familiar with the kinds of impacts that bankruptcies can have on workers. He worked hard to craft language that would also help to protect their termination and severance pay.
To honour that work, and after discussions with colleagues in the Conservative Party and the Bloc, I'm putting that proposal forward.