This exercise is quite enlightening and I am not trying to set you up. You represent the union and you have a sound overall grasp of the situation. We are trying to find out which workers are targeted by this bill.
This afternoon, you implied in your presentation that some workers may be affected. Specifically, you said that 190,000 jobs would be affected. You also said—and you made no secret of this fact—that you are a candidate for the NDP party. Therefore, the Conservative-NDP bill now before the committee...We asked the government, officials, the minister, the deputy minister—in short everyone, including your NDP colleagues—where this figure of 190,000 individuals affected comes from.
And now again today, we are hearing the same figure from you, an NDP candidate and union official. Where does the figure originate?