Mr. Speaker, the minister knows very well also that the route through the courts could take six or seven years. In the case of the Singer workers, whose average age is 82, this means there will be no one left at the end of the line. The employees are aware of this too, because they proposed a settlement out of court to the minister.
In the light of the very modest out of court settlement proposed by the former Singer workers last spring, and given the humanitarian aspect of the issue, why does the minister not resolve it in the next few days with the former Singer workers on the basis of what they proposed to him last December?