Listen, I worked in the healthcare system for 22 years. If there are two groups I want to represent, it's immigrant workers who have suffered occupational injuries and the health care systems having to deal with these cases. They don't know what to do with them, because all of a sudden, they are not, administratively speaking, under anyone's jurisdiction, and they don't have the full protection a workers is entitled to. As well, in a lot of cases, they have to get healthcare without making a claim to anyone, because these workers aren't covered. It concerns me that we are importing workers and that these people are all of a sudden in a grey area in terms of health care and occupational health and safety.
On April 10th, 2008. See this statement in context.