First of all, of course, I think workers are at a disadvantage compared to the banks. The law clearly requires that banks be at the head of the line with regard to how the assets are going to be divided. Fundamentally, they have always been the benefactors of a company that's in bankruptcy.
Over the decades that we've been arguing about this and debating this—it has been decades—in almost every Parliament that I can remember over the last 22 years, there have been some initiatives to change the bankruptcy law in this country to make it somewhat fairer for working families and for workers who are dealing with bankruptcy with regard to their pensions. Despite that, of course, we haven't made any significant progress in moving workers' priority. There have been some changes to the legislation to deal with some of the challenges, but the fundamental question is why workers have been put at the back of the line when it comes to dividing the bankrupt assets of the company and to not paying into the assets of the pension plan.
I think this Parliament has a unique opportunity. Clearly, the opposition has put forth the bill, and I think it is critical for Parliament to consider it, recognizing the inequality between workers and banks in the current legislation. Banks are always going to be the priority—