Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that the hon. member indicates an interest in this important question. Evidently some members do not understand
that as they delay passage of the back to work legislation they are affecting the jobs and the incomes of Canadians across the country.
According to the President of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, this strike is costing Canadians over $3 billion per week in lost profits and productivity. The jobs of Canadians are in the hands of members of the Bloc and members of the NDP. I would like to know where the premiers of the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia are. Why are they not calling on the separatists and the NDP to get these people back to work?