It's fine.
Good afternoon, distinguished committee members. Thank you for asking me to appear before you today.
My name is Gladys Comeau. I am a simple woman of a certain age and the widow of Gilbert Comeau, a retiree who worked for Nortel loyally for 40 years.
I need not repeat the statistics; you have heard all this before. This is not for me. I wish to make a positive contribution to the visibly humane side in order to effectively finalize Bill C-501. For some reason, I would be insulted if I proposed that it was no good. You are here to debate, and I'm sure that you can do the appropriate thing. Modify this now for Nortel. Right this wrong. Am I right? It was a wrong.
When I first was told by the monitor's letter on January 14, 2009--22 months ago; remember that--I phoned the office of my MP, Marlene Jennings, and asked what government documentation there was in this regard. They sent me a small document on the effects of bankruptcy on company-sponsored pension plans. I asked the very nice lady if they had had many calls. She said no, that I was the first. In all the years since 1867, with all the companies gone down, I was the first to call?