Mr. Speaker, today, April 28, is a national day of mourning for workers who have been injured or died on the job.
Each working day, four Canadians are killed on the job.
Every seven seconds of every working day a serious injury occurs. Every year workers die from workplace diseases that too often go unrecorded and uncompensated. Health and safety standards and their enforcement continue to be weakened by governments nationally and internationally.
I call on this government to honour this national day of mourning as passed in this House of Commons by fighting for good labour standards for our workers and, in order to honour our workers, that the Prime Minister agree to fly flags at half-mast on this day of mourning for the workers of this country who have lost their lives at work.