moved:
That, immediately following the adoption of this Order, the sitting shall be suspended and shall be reconvened for the sole purpose of attending a Royal Assent;
Provided that, immediately upon return from the said Royal Assent, the House shall be adjourned to the next sitting day;
Provided that if the House has not been reconvened for the purpose of attending a Royal Assent by 10 a.m. on Monday, March 27, 1995, it shall, at that time, be reconvened for the sole purpose of being adjourned until 11 a.m. March 27, 1995.
The purpose of this motion is to suspend the sitting of the House while the other place passes this bill and ensure that, by tomorrow, railway operations will have resumed in our country, so that, for instance, the people from the suburbs of Montreal who commute by train can do so tomorrow.
The other day, the Leader of the Opposition congratulated the Minister of Labour on having resolved the conflict in the port of Montreal. But now the port of Montreal is cluttered with containers and, if trains could get rolling as soon as possible, they could be shipped out. This way, factories would get the parts they need and workers could keep working.
That is why, for the last time, we ask the opposition to give consent to suspending the sitting of the House to allow this legislation to be enacted today and railway operations to resume tomorrow. I know that my colleague, the House leader of the opposition wishes to speak, but I hope that after he has done so, the sitting of the House can be suspended to ensure that this legislation be given royal assent before the day is over.