Could you just wait a moment? You'll get an opportunity to respond.
If this were of huge concern to either your organization or the B.C. Business Council, for that matter...we've never heard anything. This has been in the public eye. It has now been debated for seven months going on eight months. I think people got worried and have been drumming up business in the last few days. We certainly haven't heard from the B.C. Business Council, not a word, prior to them now saying they want to appear. I know the B.C. Federation of Labour wanted to appear as well. They're not here either.
No committee hears all the witnesses that want to appear. It wouldn't be possible. As long as we have a balanced representation of various interests, that's what we strive to do. I think that's what's happened here. So I take issue with this idea that somehow you've had no opportunity to say what you think. The fact that labour was on the Hill should be applauded. They're using their democratic rights to come to speak to their MPs. There's nothing to prevent your organization from having done the same thing over the past six months, frankly.
You say you're now serving your members. It hasn't been an issue in B.C. That's why you're only at the point of looking at surveying your members, because it hasn't been an issue. I really believe that.
Anyway, I value your point of view, but I think there's a lot of overreaction and that a lot of fear is being created about this bill. I'm hoping as a result of this process we can undo some of that and make it a rational thing that isn't dramatically going to change the world. It is going to create a balanced playing field for both employers and workers. That's what it's going to do.