Thank you, Mr. Chair. I knew I was going to be running out of time, but my short-winded colleague has left me a little bit of time.
I'm troubled by some of the comments, such as “downward harmonization” and “gradual erosion of labour standards”. I tend to disagree with those sorts of comments. I think we live in a wonderful country where our Canadian employers treat their employees quite well. I find those comments a bit insulting. It's insulting to Canadian employers, to people who drive this country, who employ people.
The last time I looked, we were hounding our immigration minister to let more people into this country. People want to come here to work because labour standards are high. People want to work in this country. That's what makes this such a great country. It troubles me when I hear these sorts of comments, that free trade has degraded our people because they're not treated as well.
I just wanted to get those comments out there.
Concerning negotiations in public, you're suggesting that these negotiations should be done in the House of Commons. I would like to get your comments, if I could.
Most labour negotiations are made behind closed doors before, as Mr. Cannon mentioned, the representatives of either side see the actual agreement. Are labour negotiations done in public or behind closed doors?