Of course I am not prepared to put them in jeopardy, but I don't believe Mr. Beatty either. I think he was simply wrong in stating it would put workers in jeopardy. I wouldn't sit here and put workers in Canada or anywhere else in jeopardy. The whole reason for my being here is that I'm concerned about foreign workers who get substandard treatment from Canadian mining companies. That's a pretty good thing to do. I don't feel bad about that. I feel pretty good to sit in front of you on this committee and say I represent workers. I don't care what country they come from. I don't care what flag flies over them. If they are working for a Canadian company, then we ought to be able to export our best practices, and that includes protecting those workers, their communities, and their families. That makes sense to me—it's a good thing.
On November 19th, 2009. See this statement in context.