Mr. Chair, as you know, a lot of times in employer-employee relationships there are a lot of reasons why people are on two different sides of a fence, so to speak. This is a situation where we are removing barriers for people living with disabilities, and some of those people who are affected are indeed employees in these federal jurisdictions.
Why wouldn't we want to strengthen the relationship with labour? Why wouldn't we want to include them in some of the requirements that are laid out in the bill, for instance, to prepare a progress report? This amendment includes the bargaining agents of the employees in the preparation of the progress report. I can't see why that would be something that isn't embraced.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Clause 71 agreed to)
(On clause 72)