We don't understand what the problem is. We don't understand what needs to be fixed. Our statistics show there have been zero labour stoppages or zero labour disputes that had to be legislated back to work, compared to the period of time before the Sims task force prior to 1999, when there were 17. Since 1999, there have been no legislated back-to-work labour disputes. We think the system is working well the way it is. We see no need to change the current system, and to support the members that we have at the chamber of commerce, we feel that the system is working very well. We don't see a problem. We're happy with the status quo and we feel that to make a change could be devastating and very damaging to the Canadian economy. It doesn't matter if it's a bank that's shut down, if it's an airport that's shut down, a railway, or a port. The potential damage to Canada's reputation on a world level far outdoes any other issue here.
On February 6th, 2007. See this statement in context.