What is the Bloc Quebecois proposing? We are told that we are good at criticizing, but we also put proposals forward. As recently as last Tuesday, our leader, the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Jean, really made an offer to the Prime
Minister and the government, saying: "We agree to pass back to work legislation and to ensure mediation for 60 days, to put an end to the exercise of the right to strike and the right to order a lockout, so that the parties can negotiate on an equal basis, freely and democratically. Then after that, we will see".
We proposed exactly the same solution as the one used in the dispute at the Port of Montreal. There are 7,000 containers now leaving the port of Montreal. People there are busy working and negotiating and my sources tell me that there is good hope an agreement will be reached. There has been no special legislation to deal with the dispute at the Port of Montreal.