Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is right at the end of the meeting. I don't think we can really do this justice in the time remaining.
I know Mr. Masse came to OGGO at the last meeting and made this point on behalf of our party. There are negotiations ongoing between the labour unions and the companies. There is a real reluctance and opposition on the part of those unions to have this turned into a three-ring political circus, because they feel as though it's going to jeopardize those negotiations. I'll just read specifically from a piece in iPolitics that I believe appeared yesterday. This is a quote, I believe, from Canada's Building Trades Unions. It says,
While we are pleased that all parties are concerned with Canadian unionized jobs, we do not believe it is in the interest of our ongoing discussions in pursuit of [memoranda of understanding] with global automakers for such an expansive production order to be proceeded with at the current time, while sensitive negotiations are being undertaken.
Our preference would be to revisit this issue in one month...[to] allow all parties to conclude negotiations.
I think this is an interesting line of inquiry. I think it is of interest to Canadians to know how these contracts deal with Canadian jobs. However, right now there are negotiations that are sensitive and that are ongoing, and I think it would behoove this committee to respect those negotiations by not proceeding with a document production order at this time.