Mr. Chairman, I have just a brief comment. The question of fines was mentioned earlier by the hon. member for Burnaby-Kingsway and I would like to reiterate the point on the clause in which we find this particular issue.
I think the fines which are impossible by virtue of this particular clause, clause 15, may well be in keeping with the tradition of back to work legislation-I remember other legislation on which we had occasion to protest the stiffness of the fines-but I would just like to say that we find these fines particularly onerous.
I find it somewhat passing strange that we can have legislation which comes down at least potentially very hard on people who may choose to disobey this particular legislation or may be seen to be counselling others to do it. I just wish we could come down this hard on a lot of other people who are doing a whole lot more damage to the environment, to society and everything else. Whenever it comes to labour relations and somebody might go out a day more than the strike called for or counselled somebody for a wildcat or to stay out one more day, the power of society is brought to bear with great force.
I just wish we had the will to be as tough on polluters, criminals and all kinds of other people, tax evaders and everyone else as we do on strikers when they sometimes do out of anger things that are contrary to the law.
(Clause agreed to.)
(Clauses 16 to 19 inclusive agreed to.)
On Clause 20: