Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Why are we ducking accountability? I guess that's the first question. We already did that in the last amendment. What is the other agenda, if we're ducking this? Make the legislation stronger. I mean, there is no doubt—you can't dispute what we've heard—that there's a massive labour problem. You can't fix the child care wait-list if you don't fix the labour shortage. Make the legislation stronger and address this issue.
Respectfully, we're way past jurisdiction. This has already bled into every province and territory. This is done. These are signed. These agreements are already done, and now every witness we've had that was Liberal-leaning has said, yeah, well, it's going to be the responsibility of the provinces and territories. You've set the provinces and territories up to fail without having any accountability and transparency as a federal government to ensure that they're supported for a strong workforce. Again, you're talking out of both sides of your mouth.
Through you, Mr. Chair, it just doesn't make any sense to me that we're passing this. I think there's an opportunity here to be leaders federally, and to help our workforce, and to tell these important workers that we “have their back”, which is one of the Liberals' most famous sayings. Again, strengthen the legislation, then, and show that the workforce strategy is important to you. Don't just pass the buck to the provinces, because right now, the way this legislation is written, it is set up to fail.