Perhaps your motivation is not political, but the Conservatives’ is. I spoke with the parliamentary secretary. When representatives from Teamsters Canada appeared here, they said that they would have liked to see a provision similar to the Aeronautics Act. This is from the text that they submitted to us:
Teamsters Canada suggests one amendment to the bill. It is the inclusion of a provision in the proposed amendments to the Aeronautics Act, which the transport committee dealt with last year, to allow this committee and the standing committee in the other House to review regulations made under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act.
I thought that the parliamentary secretary would have introduced an amendment along those lines, and I talked to him about it. Why did the government not want to introduce one? We should probably include you in the questioning to find out why you had no interest in making an amendment. I found the Teamsters Canada representatives' request to us to be very reasonable, and the way in which they participated and worked with us to be positive.
Why could we not agree on an amendment that would have satisfied Teamsters Canada? Otherwise, I tend to think that the NDP proposal and the Liberal proposal are equally as good. I would be inclined to vote for both. It looks like the government did not want to propose what the Teamsters Canada representatives were asking for.
My first question goes to Mr. Jean. Why did the government not want to accommodate Teamsters Canada?