This is Bill Tufts from the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.
Honourable member, I would respectfully disagree with your assessment. Our statistics show that during the period of the Sims task force, indeed there was a period of major labour upheaval. There were 17 occasions on which legislated work stoppages had to be ended and those employees put back to work. Since 1999 there have been no incidents of emergency back-to-work legislation.
In our opinion, after a half decade of consultation that led up to the Sims task force, the system is working very well. In fact, any changes at this point will open the door for what you're indicating in terms of potential risks or liabilities. Why even open the door to those potential liabilities?