Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I listened intently to Madam Hall Findlay, as I always do. I appreciate her contribution to the committee. I always hang on her every word to understand fully as she describes the Liberal Party position. Unfortunately, in this case I simply cannot agree with her.
We had a motion which was adopted by this committee. It was taken to the House of Commons and was adopted by the House of Commons. Then we had the decision on compensation for AbitibiBowater that rips up the intent and direction that was given to the government by the House of Commons. Clearly, we need to reinforce and reiterate what was adopted back in 2007. A number of witnesses spoke to that.
To not vote for the motion now would give a blank cheque to the government to continue to undermine what was decided democratically by elected representatives back in 2007. I simply can't agree with her that the government has been keeping the intent of the direction that was given in 2007. That's not the case. We see this with the compensation that was paid to AbitibiBowater, and we see the risk that's involved.
Despite my highest of respect for her, I think the Liberal Party would be making a fundamental error if it were to backtrack on its position of 2007, given the impacts of the decision that was made last summer on AbitibiBowater.