Madam Speaker, I am very glad to have another opportunity to speak on Bill C-12, which will bring forward a new employment system for Canada.
I was very ashamed of some of my colleagues opposite with regard to the HRD hearings. For two and a half years we travelled across the country listening to more than 1,000 individuals and groups of people. We were there. This legislation reflects a lot of what we heard.
I remember being in Alberta. Sure, we might have been a little tired at the end of those 12 and 15-hour days. We had walk-ons, where any individual who showed up could appear before the committee. As Liberals we were willing to listen to people.
People appeared before us with tears in their eyes. There was no press. They were not trying to impress anyone. They were asking for help.
Tomorrow, in Ontario, there is going to be a reformatory budget. The budget brought by this group of people in Toronto, as in Alberta, will attack the working people, or the people who thought they were going to be working.