moved for leave to introduce Bill C-287, an act to amend the Department of Labour Act (eligibility for assistance for long-service employees).
Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that the aim of this bill, which I am introducing for the second time, is to amend the Program for Older Worker Adjustment or POWA, in particular as regards the eligibility of Montreal workers who are terribly discriminated against in the sense that in case of a layoff, a firm has to dismiss 100 employees at the same time for its workers to qualify for assistance, which does not fit the Montreal industrial fabric. I hope this bill will have the support of the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)