Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Part of what's going on here is that there's a gross misunderstanding—by the Conservative folks on the other side of the table—of how labour relations work in this country in the construction sector. What is really happening is that there has been a steady stream of contractors that haven't been successful in getting either collective agreements or work, and that are asking the federal government to give them an advantage where they don't now have an advantage. That's really what.... We don't really want to undermine the collective relations system in all of Canada as a result of a discussion here at a transportation hearing, but that's apparently where we're headed.
Is it true or false, Mr. Miller, that if an owner decides to procure a service, it's a free-market choice they make? They decide. The free market determines whether or not they choose you or someone else.