Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Labour. The port of Montreal has been paralysed for thirteen days. Last week, the minister announced that she intended to appoint a mediator to help settle the dispute.
Could the minister explain why she was in such a hurry to pass back-to-work legislation only a few hours after a lockout was declared in the railway transportation industry, but has yet to appoint the mediator requested by the workers to help settle the dispute at the port of Montreal?