Thank you, Mr. Allison.
I have three questions, if I could hear from Mr. Bedard and Mr. Pennings on them.
The first question relates to my experiences in Ontario. As an Ontario MP, we've had some unfortunate experiences with a ban on replacement workers. I remember vividly 1993 to 1995 and the economic recession that occurred at the same time. It is very interesting to note that Premier Harris reversed that economic mistake. Even more recently the Liberal Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, chose the same approach as Premier Harris and decided that it wasn't an appropriate route to follow by banning replacement workers. So I want to get your comments on that, first of all, why you think Ontario has picked that approach.
Secondly, I have a major auto sector very close to my riding. One of the concerns I know they have is not just the potential economic recession you may have, but it's the investment that may not arrive. I want to get your perspective on how this affects potential investment. Do you believe that employers make a decision when they're looking at areas in which to invest and actually look at that criteria and look at regions that ban replacement workers? Is that something that would be involved in their decision-making process?
Thirdly, when you look at the broader balance of collective bargaining, what are your concerns about how this may skew the delicate balance we have? Right now, we have been moderately successful in seeing labour peace in Canada, if you look at it today compared to 25 years ago. One concern I have is, if we see this legislation become the law of the land in Canada, are we going to see more use of back-to-work legislation? Are you concerned that we're going to return to a day where that's a more active recourse, by skewing the balance?