—and that company would be federally regulated. There would be a breakdown in that system when someone shows up at a point of sale at one of my members' stores and can't use it because of a strike. We're just trying to say that if one link becomes weaker in a supply chain, there's a disruption.
We're not calling for the apocalypse. We're saying that in a very competitive situation, in which Canada is fighting and has to rethink its productivity as it looks to the 21st century--and this is what departments across town and politicians across party lines are thinking--how do we go forward when you bring forward a bill that could potentially harm the supply chain?
There's no evident reason we should implement this bill. My members are not saying yes or no; they're just saying they'd like to be here before you to tell you that there could be a risk and to ask if that risk is worth it.