Mr. Speaker, at no time did we welcome the need to use back to work legislation. The Canadian labour code was built upon the basic principle of collective bargaining, which means that parties to a dispute can arrive at a settlement that meets their mutual interests. That is on what the labour relations of the country have been built and have in fact served us.
Over the last year or so we have had a remarkable period of labour peace in Canada which I think we would like to see maintained. I would expect, once we table the report, that hope will spring eternal for a settlement.